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      Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karmijan
Proto-West Germanic
    
    Etymology
    
From *karm (“cry, moan”) + *-jan, probably ultimately from the same source as *karmiz (“call, cry, shout”), see also Irish gairm.[1]
Inflection
    
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *karmijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *karmidā | |
| Infinitive | *karmijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *karmijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *karmijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *karmijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past | 
| 1st singular | *karmiju | *karmidā | 
| 2nd singular | *karmisi | *karmidēs, *karmidōs | 
| 3rd singular | *karmiþi | *karmidē, *karmidā | 
| 1st plural | *karmijum | *karmidum | 
| 2nd plural | *karmiþ | *karmidud | 
| 3rd plural | *karmijanþ | *karmidun | 
| Subjunctive | Present | Past | 
| 1st singular | *karmijē | *karmidī | 
| 2nd singular | *karmijēs | *karmidī | 
| 3rd singular | *karmijē | *karmidī | 
| 1st plural | *karmijēm | *karmidīm | 
| 2nd plural | *karmijēþ | *karmidīd | 
| 3rd plural | *karmijēn | *karmidīn | 
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *karmi | |
| Plural | *karmiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *karmijandī | *karmid | 
Related terms
    
Descendants
    
References
    
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kermen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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