*nemaną

Runic: ᚾᛖᛗᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈne.mɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 4

Meanings

to take

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ném-e (‘to allocate’). The meaning developed from the middle voice “to allocate to oneself”. Kroonen however follows an alternative derivation of Kortlandt's from *h₁em- (‘to take, distribute’), with the initial *n- rebracketed from the perfective prefix *ga- (derived from nasal-final Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	nemō	nemaų	–
2nd singular	nimizi	nemaiz	nem
3rd singular	nimidi	nemai	nemadau
1st dual	nemōz	nemaiw	–
2nd dual	nemadiz	nemaidiz	nemadiz
1st plural	nemamaz	nemaim	–
2nd plural	nimid	nemaid	nimid
3rd plural	nemandi	nemain	nemandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	nemai	–
2nd singular	nemazai	nemaizau
3rd singular	nemadai	nemaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	nemandai	nemaindau
2nd plural	nemandai	nemaindau
3rd plural	nemandai	nemaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	nam	nēmį̄
2nd singular	namt	nēmīz
3rd singular	nam	nēmī
1st dual	nēmū	nēmīw
2nd dual	nēmudiz	nēmīdiz
1st plural	nēmum	nēmīm
2nd plural	nēmud	nēmīd
3rd plural	nēmun	nēmīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
nemaną	nemandz	numanaz

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Descendants

*neman (Proto-West Germanic)
- neman (Old Dutch)
  - nēmen (Middle Dutch)
    - naeme, nömme (Limburgish)
*neman (Proto-West Germanic)
- neman (Old Dutch)
  - nēmen (Middle Dutch)
    - nemen (Dutch)
      - neem (Afrikaans)
      - nême (Jersey Dutch)
      - neem (Negerhollands)
      - nemek, name (Skepi Creole Dutch)
*neman (Proto-West Germanic)
- niman (Old English)
  - nimen, nymen (Middle English)
    - nim, numb (English)
    - nim (Scots)
*neman (Proto-West Germanic)
- nima, nema (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - níeme (Saterland Frisian)
  - nimme (West Frisian)
*neman (Proto-West Germanic)
- nëman (Old High German)
  - nëmen (Middle High German)
    - nää, nee, nèè, nä, në (Alemannic German)
    - nemme (Central Franconian)
    - nemmen (Cimbrian)
    - nehmen (German)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - naoma (Vilamovian)
    - נעמען (nemen) (Yiddish)
*neman (Proto-West Germanic)
- niman, neman (Old Saxon)
  - nēmen (Middle Low German)
    - nehmen (Low German)
nema (Old Norse)
- nema (Faroese)
- nema (Icelandic)
- nema (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- nimma (Scanian)
nema (Old Norse)
- næmæ (Old Danish)
  - nemme (Danish)
nema (Old Norse)
- nima (Old Swedish)
  - nimma, förnimma (Swedish)
𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman) (Gothic)

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