Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ammōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier paradigm *ammōþi ~ *amunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *am-nā́-ti ~ *am-un-ánti, iterative from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to insist, urge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑm.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*ammōną

1. (North Germanic) to irritate, bother

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *amm- against non-singular *am-.

Conjugation of *ammōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ammō	*ammǭ	—	*ammōi	?
2nd singular	*ammōsi	*ammōs	*ammō	*ammōsai	*ammōsau
3rd singular	*ammōþi	*ammō	*ammōþau	*ammōþai	*ammōþau
1st dual	*ammōs	*ammōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*ammōþiz	*ammōþiz	*ammōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*ammōmaz	*ammōm	—	*ammōnþai	*ammōnþau
2nd plural	*ammōþ	*ammōþ	*ammōþ	*ammōnþai	*ammōnþau
3rd plural	*ammōnþi	*ammōn	*ammōnþau	*ammōnþai	*ammōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*ammōdǭ	*ammōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*ammōdēz	*ammōdēdīz
3rd singular	*ammōdē	*ammōdēdī
1st dual	*ammōdēdū	*ammōdēdīw
2nd dual	*ammōdēdudiz	*ammōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*ammōdēdum	*ammōdēdīm
2nd plural	*ammōdēdud	*ammōdēdīd
3rd plural	*ammōdēdun	*ammōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*ammōndz	*ammōdaz

Related terms

• *amalaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: ama
  • Icelandic: ama
  • Faroese: ama
  • Norwegian: ama, amma