Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *nemanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_nemaną
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*ném-eto allocate
verbStrong class 4to takeProbably 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).