Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/faimijan

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 *faim (“foam”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*faimijan

1. to foam

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*faimijan
1st sg. past	*faimidā
Infinitive	*faimijan
Genitive infin.	*faimijannjas
Dative infin.	*faimijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*faimijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*faimiju	*faimidā
2nd singular	*faimisi	*faimidēs, *faimidōs
3rd singular	*faimiþi	*faimidē, *faimidā
1st plural	*faimijum	*faimidum
2nd plural	*faimiþ	*faimidud
3rd plural	*faimijanþ	*faimidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*faimijē	*faimidī
2nd singular	*faimijēs	*faimidī
3rd singular	*faimijē	*faimidī
1st plural	*faimijēm	*faimidīm
2nd plural	*faimijēþ	*faimidīd
3rd plural	*faimijēn	*faimidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*faimi
Plural	*faimiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*faimijandī	*faimid

Descendants

• Old English: fǣman
  • Middle English: femen, feme, feamin (Early Middle English)
    • Scots: feam, faem, feem
• Old Saxon: *fēmian
  • Middle Low German: *vêmen, *veimen
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: vêmer, veimer
• Old High German: feimen
  • Middle High German: veimen
    • German: feimen
    • ⇒ Middle High German: veimære, veimer, feimer
      • German: Feimer