Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/jēmaraz
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, match, defeat, subjugate”), though the semantic shift is non-trivial.[1] Alternatively, onomatopoeic.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*jēmaraz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *jēmaraz (a-stem)
Strong declension | ||||||
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Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *jēmaraz | *jēmarai | *jēmarō | *jēmarôz | *jēmarą, -atō | *jēmarō |
Accusative | *jēmaranǭ | *jēmaranz | *jēmarǭ | *jēmarōz | *jēmarą, -atō | *jēmarō |
Genitive | *jēmaras, -is | *jēmaraizǫ̂ | *jēmaraizōz | *jēmaraizǫ̂ | *jēmaras, -is | *jēmaraizǫ̂ |
Dative | *jēmarammai | *jēmaraimaz | *jēmaraizōi | *jēmaraimaz | *jēmarammai | *jēmaraimaz |
Instrumental | *jēmaranō | *jēmaraimiz | *jēmaraizō | *jēmaraimiz | *jēmaranō | *jēmaraimiz |
Weak declension | ||||||
Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *jēmarô | *jēmaraniz | *jēmarǭ | *jēmarōniz | *jēmarô | *jēmarōnō |
Accusative | *jēmaranų | *jēmaranunz | *jēmarōnų | *jēmarōnunz | *jēmarô | *jēmarōnō |
Genitive | *jēmariniz | *jēmaranǫ̂ | *jēmarōniz | *jēmarōnǫ̂ | *jēmariniz | *jēmaranǫ̂ |
Dative | *jēmarini | *jēmarammaz | *jēmarōni | *jēmarōmaz | *jēmarini | *jēmarammaz |
Instrumental | *jēmarinē | *jēmarammiz | *jēmarōnē | *jēmarōmiz | *jēmarinē | *jēmarammiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *jāmar
References
[edit]- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*jēm(a)raz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “jammer1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute