*nēmō

Runic: ᚾᛖᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈnɛː.mɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

taking, acceptance

Etymology

The functional o-grade ō-stem derived from *nemaną. **namō would normally be expected, but class 4 and 5 strong verbs show some tendency to use -ē- in places where o-grade -a- is expected.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	nēmō	nēmôz
Acc.	nēmǭ	nēmōz
Gen.	nēmōz	nēmǫ̂
Dat.	nēmōi	nēmōmaz
Inst.	nēmō	nēmōmiz
Voc.	nēmō	nēmôz

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Descendants

nǣm (Old English)
- nam, naam (Middle English)
  - naam (English)
nām (Old English)
- nam, naam (Middle English)
  - naam (English)
nōme (Old Frisian)
- ofnōme (Old Frisian)
*nāma (Old Saxon)
- nâme (Middle Low German)
  - innâme, ervenâme (Middle Low German)
nāma (Old High German)
- nāme, nām (Middle High German)
  - Nahme (German)
nāma (Old High German)
- nāme, nām (Middle High German)
  - innāme, īnnāme (Middle High German)
    - Einnahme (German)

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