Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skim(m)rōn

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 *skimōn (“to gleam, give shadow”) +‎ *-rōn.

Verb

*skim(m)rōn

1. (frequentative) to shimmer
2. to become dusk

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*skim(m)rōn
1st sg. past	*skim(m)rōdā
Infinitive	*skim(m)rōn
Genitive infin.	*skim(m)rōnijas
Dative infin.	*skim(m)rōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*skim(m)rōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*skim(m)rō	*skim(m)rōdā
2nd singular	*skim(m)rōs	*skim(m)rōdēs, *skim(m)rōdōs
3rd singular	*skim(m)rōþ	*skim(m)rōdē, *skim(m)rōdā
1st plural	*skim(m)rōm	*skim(m)rōdum
2nd plural	*skim(m)rōþ	*skim(m)rōdud
3rd plural	*skim(m)rōnþ	*skim(m)rōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*skim(m)rō	*skim(m)rōdī
2nd singular	*skim(m)rōs	*skim(m)rōdī
3rd singular	*skim(m)rō	*skim(m)rōdī
1st plural	*skim(m)rōm	*skim(m)rōdīm
2nd plural	*skim(m)rōþ	*skim(m)rōdīd
3rd plural	*skim(m)rōn	*skim(m)rōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*skim(m)rō
Plural	*skim(m)rōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*skim(m)rōndī	*skim(m)rōd

Descendants

• Old English: scimrian, scymrian, scimerian
  • English: shimmeren, shimeren
    • English: shimmer
• Old Frisian: *skimria
  • West Frisian: skimerje
• Old Saxon: *skimarōn
  • Middle Low German: schēmeren
• Old Dutch: *skimaron
  • Middle Dutch: schēmeren
    • Dutch: schemeren
• Old High German: *skimmarōn
  • Middle High German: schimmeren
    • German: schimmern