Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/walmēn

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *walmi (heat, zeal) +‎ *-ēn.

Verb[edit]

*walmēn

  1. to boil
  2. to fume
  3. to rage

Inflection[edit]

Class 3 weak
Infinitive *walmēn
1st sg. past *walm?dā
Infinitive *walmēn
Genitive infin. *walmēnijas
Dative infin. *walmēnijē
Instrum. infin. *walmēniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *walmē *walm?dā
2nd singular *walmēs *walm?dēs, *walm?dēs
3rd singular *walmēþ *walm?dē, *walm?dā
1st plural *walmēm *walm?dum
2nd plural *walmēþ *walm?dud
3rd plural *walmēnþ *walm?dun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *walmē *walm?dī
2nd singular *walmēs *walm?dī
3rd singular *walmē *walm?dī
1st plural *walmēm *walm?dīm
2nd plural *walmēþ *walm?dīd
3rd plural *walmēn *walm?dīn
Imperative Present
Singular *walmē
Plural *walmēþ
Present Past
Participle *walmēndī *walm?d

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: wilmian (shows umlaut, probably in analogy with the noun or possibly from a preform *walmijēn or *walmijōn)
  • Old Frisian: *walmia
  • Old Dutch: *walmon
  • Old High German: walmēn