Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hamjaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From either Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“to press”) or *ḱem- (“to cover; skin ~ clothing”). Compare *hamô (“covering, skin”) and *hamiþiją (“shirt”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of *hamjaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *hammjan
- Old Norse: hemja
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 206: “*hamjan-”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xam(m)janan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 158