Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haimijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *haimaz (home) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Noun

*haimijaną

  1. to take home
  2. to have sex with, to copulate

Inflection

Conjugation of *haimijaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *haimijō *haimijaų *haimijai ?
2nd singular *haimīsi *haimijais *haimī *haimijasai *haimijaisau
3rd singular *haimīþi *haimijai *haimijaþau *haimijaþai *haimijaiþau
1st dual *haimijōs *haimijaiw
2nd dual *haimijaþiz *haimijaiþiz *haimijaþiz
1st plural *haimijamaz *haimijaim *haimijanþai *haimijainþau
2nd plural *haimīþ *haimijaiþ *haimīþ *haimijanþai *haimijainþau
3rd plural *haimijanþi *haimijain *haimijanþau *haimijanþai *haimijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *haimidǭ *haimidēdį̄
2nd singular *haimidēz *haimidēdīz
3rd singular *haimidē *haimidēdī
1st dual *haimidēdū *haimidēdīw
2nd dual *haimidēdudiz *haimidēdīdiz
1st plural *haimidēdum *haimidēdīm
2nd plural *haimidēdud *haimidēdīd
3rd plural *haimidēdun *haimidēdīn
present past
participles *haimijandz *haimidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *haimijan
    • Old English: hǣman
    • Old High German: *haimen
  • Old Norse: heima

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*xaimjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 152-153