Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rāmag

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 *rām (“dirt”) +‎ *-g.

Adjective

*rāmag

1. dirty, sooty, dark

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*rāmag
Genitive	*rāmagas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rāmag	*rāmagu	*rāmag
Accusative	*rāmaganā	*rāmagā	*rāmag
Genitive	*rāmagas	*rāmageʀā	*rāmagas
Dative	*rāmagumē	*rāmageʀē	*rāmagumē
Instrumental	*rāmagu	*rāmageʀu	*rāmagu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*rāmagē	*rāmagō	*rāmagu
Accusative	*rāmagā	*rāmagā	*rāmagu
Genitive	*rāmageʀō	*rāmageʀō	*rāmageʀō
Dative	*rāmagēm, *rāmagum	*rāmagēm, *rāmagum	*rāmagēm, *rāmagum
Instrumental	*rāmagēm, *rāmagum	*rāmagēm, *rāmagum	*rāmagēm, *rāmagum

Descendants

• Old English: rōmeġ, rōmiġ
• Old Dutch: *rāmag
  • Middle Dutch: ramech, ramich, romich
• Old High German: rāmag, rāmac
  • Middle High German: rāmec, rāmic
    • German: rahmig (“dirty, sooty”)