Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saumijaną

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 *saumaz (“seam”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑu̯.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*saumijaną

1. to sow, to seam

Inflection

Conjugation of *saumijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*saumijō	*saumijaų	—	*saumijai	?
2nd singular	*saumīsi	*saumijais	*saumī	*saumijasai	*saumijaisau
3rd singular	*saumīþi	*saumijai	*saumijaþau	*saumijaþai	*saumijaiþau
1st dual	*saumijōs	*saumijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*saumijaþiz	*saumijaiþiz	*saumijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*saumijamaz	*saumijaim	—	*saumijanþai	*saumijainþau
2nd plural	*saumīþ	*saumijaiþ	*saumīþ	*saumijanþai	*saumijainþau
3rd plural	*saumijanþi	*saumijain	*saumijanþau	*saumijanþai	*saumijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*saumidǭ	*saumidēdį̄
2nd singular	*saumidēz	*saumidēdīz
3rd singular	*saumidē	*saumidēdī
1st dual	*saumidēdū	*saumidēdīw
2nd dual	*saumidēdudiz	*saumidēdīdiz
1st plural	*saumidēdum	*saumidēdīm
2nd plural	*saumidēdud	*saumidēdīd
3rd plural	*saumidēdun	*saumidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*saumijandz	*saumidaz

Related terms

• *siwjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *saumijan
  • Old Saxon: sōmian
    • Middle Low German: sȫmen
  • Old Dutch: *sōmen
    • Middle Dutch: sômen
      • Dutch: zomen
  • Old High German: saumen
    • Middle High German: säumen
      • German: säumen
• Old Norse: seyma
  • Faroese: seyma
  • Icelandic: seyma, sauma
  • Elfdalian: söma