Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gaframmjan

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 *ga- +‎ *frammjan.

Verb

*gaframmjan^[1]

to promote, to further

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*gaframmjan
1st sg. past	*gaframidā
Infinitive	*gaframmjan
Genitive infin.	*gaframmjannjas
Dative infin.	*gaframmjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*gaframmjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaframmju	*gaframidā
2nd singular	*gaframisi	gaframidēs, gaframidōs
3rd singular	*gaframiþi	gaframidē, gaframidā
1st plural	*gaframmjum	*gaframidum
2nd plural	*gaframiþ	*gaframidud
3rd plural	*gaframmjanþ	*gaframidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*gaframmjē	*gaframidī
2nd singular	*gaframmjēs	*gaframidī
3rd singular	*gaframmjē	*gaframidī
1st plural	*gaframmjēm	*gaframidīm
2nd plural	*gaframmjēþ	*gaframidīd
3rd plural	*gaframmjēn	*gaframidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*gaframi
Plural	*gaframiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*gaframmjandī	*gaframid

Descendants

Old English: ġefremman
Old High German: gifremmen

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229: “PWGmc *gaframʲmʲan, *gaframiþi”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 229: “PWGmc *gaframʲmʲan, *gaframiþi”

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