Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sōmijaną

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 *sōmiz (“fitting, seemly”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔː.mi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sōmijaną

to fit, unite, make one

Inflection

Conjugation of *sōmijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*sōmijō	*sōmijaų	—	*sōmijai	?
2nd singular	*sōmīsi	*sōmijais	*sōmī	*sōmijasai	*sōmijaisau
3rd singular	*sōmīþi	*sōmijai	*sōmijaþau	*sōmijaþai	*sōmijaiþau
1st dual	*sōmijōs	*sōmijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sōmijaþiz	*sōmijaiþiz	*sōmijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*sōmijamaz	*sōmijaim	—	*sōmijanþai	*sōmijainþau
2nd plural	*sōmīþ	*sōmijaiþ	*sōmīþ	*sōmijanþai	*sōmijainþau
3rd plural	*sōmijanþi	*sōmijain	*sōmijanþau	*sōmijanþai	*sōmijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sōmidǭ	*sōmidēdį̄
2nd singular	*sōmidēz	*sōmidēdīz
3rd singular	*sōmidē	*sōmidēdī
1st dual	*sōmidēdū	*sōmidēdīw
2nd dual	*sōmidēdudiz	*sōmidēdīdiz
1st plural	*sōmidēdum	*sōmidēdīm
2nd plural	*sōmidēdud	*sōmidēdīd
3rd plural	*sōmidēdun	*sōmidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*sōmijandz	*sōmidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *sōmijan
- Old English: sēman
  - Middle English: semen, seme, semi
Old Norse: sǿma
- Icelandic: sæma
- Faroese: søma
- Norwegian Nynorsk: søma
- Old Swedish: sø̄ma
- Danish: sømme
  - Norwegian Bokmål: sømme
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: sømma
- → Middle English: semen, cemyn, seeme, seemen, seme, semy, semyn
  - English: seem
  - Scots: seem