Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dammijan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dammijaną. Equivalent to *damm +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*dammijan

1. (transitive) to dam

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*dammijan
1st sg. past	*dammidā
Infinitive	*dammijan
Genitive infin.	*dammijannjas
Dative infin.	*dammijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*dammijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*dammiju	*dammidā
2nd singular	*dammisi	*dammidēs, *dammidōs
3rd singular	*dammiþi	*dammidē, *dammidā
1st plural	*dammijum	*dammidum
2nd plural	*dammiþ	*dammidud
3rd plural	*dammijanþ	*dammidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*dammijē	*dammidī
2nd singular	*dammijēs	*dammidī
3rd singular	*dammijē	*dammidī
1st plural	*dammijēm	*dammidīm
2nd plural	*dammijēþ	*dammidīd
3rd plural	*dammijēn	*dammidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*dammi
Plural	*dammiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*dammijandī	*dammid

Derived terms

• *fradammijan

Descendants

• Old English: *demman
  • Middle English: demmen, dammen
    • English: dam
    • Early Scots: dem, daime
      • Scots: dem, daim
  • ⇒ Old English: fordemman
• Old Frisian: demma, damma
• Old Saxon: *demmian
  • Middle Low German: demmen, dammen
    • German Low German: dämmen, dammen
• Old Dutch: *demmen, *dammon
  • Middle Dutch: *demmen, dammen
    • Dutch: dammen
• Old High German: *temmen
  • ⇒ Old High German: bitemmen
  • Middle High German: temmen
    • German: dämmen