Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spūmijan

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

Borrowed from Latin spūmāre.

Verb

*spūmijan

1. to foam, froth

   Synonym: *skūmijan

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*spūmijan
1st sg. past	*spūmidā
Infinitive	*spūmijan
Genitive infin.	*spūmijannjas
Dative infin.	*spūmijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*spūmijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*spūmiju	*spūmidā
2nd singular	*spūmisi	*spūmidēs, *spūmidōs
3rd singular	*spūmiþi	*spūmidē, *spūmidā
1st plural	*spūmijum	*spūmidum
2nd plural	*spūmiþ	*spūmidud
3rd plural	*spūmijanþ	*spūmidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*spūmijē	*spūmidī
2nd singular	*spūmijēs	*spūmidī
3rd singular	*spūmijē	*spūmidī
1st plural	*spūmijēm	*spūmidīm
2nd plural	*spūmijēþ	*spūmidīd
3rd plural	*spūmijēn	*spūmidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*spūmi
Plural	*spūmiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*spūmijandī	*spūmid

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *spūmen
  • Middle Dutch: spumen
• Old High German: *spūmen
  • ⇒ Middle High German: firspūmen