Reconstruction talk:Proto-West Germanic/rammijan

*rammijan

@Sokkjo I've created Proto-West Germanic *rammijan to answer to Old Norse remma (“to make strong, secure”) and possibly satisfy the etymologies for OE remian and OFS remia; however, I think I've worked out another way for OE remian, OFS remia, and OFS ramia to make better sense. Granted, this is purely hypothetical, but I'm just curious if you would be so kind as to assist me in finding any potential flaws in my reasoning...Looking earlier at OE framian, fremian, and fremman gave me a rough idea to how the aforementioned terms might be interconnected since these verbs show similarities in their patterns (they're not exact, but close). So based on analogy, I made the following paradigm for Proto-Germanic *ram(m)az (“strong”). PWGmc inherits the adjective *ram(m) and derives the noun, *ram(m)ī (“strongness, strength”). So far so good. Had it survived into OE one form might have appeared as *remu (“strength, fortification, remedy, repair”). However, going back to PWGmc, were it to produce a verb there as *ramīōn, *ramijōn (“to apply strength to, strengthen”) it could possibly satisfy both OE remian (“to mend, repair”) and OFS remia (“to build up, erect”). OFS ramia of course would be a separate related synonym inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ram(m)ōn in much the way OE parallels fremian and framian which have similar meanings but slightly different inhertitance pathways. Does this make sense at all in your view ? I know this is not sourced (so far as I know), but I enjoy trying to solve questions like this. Leasnam (talk) 01:19, 7 January 2024 (UTC)