Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/krummijan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Closely related to the strong verb *krimman.

Verb

*krummijan

to crumble
to squeeze

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*krummijan
1st sg. past	*krummidā
Infinitive	*krummijan
Genitive infin.	*krummijannjas
Dative infin.	*krummijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*krummijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*krummiju	*krummidā
2nd singular	*krummisi	krummidēs, krummidōs
3rd singular	*krummiþi	krummidē, krummidā
1st plural	*krummijum	*krummidum
2nd plural	*krummiþ	*krummidud
3rd plural	*krummijanþ	*krummidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*krummijē	*krummidī
2nd singular	*krummijēs	*krummidī
3rd singular	*krummijē	*krummidī
1st plural	*krummijēm	*krummidīm
2nd plural	*krummijēþ	*krummidīd
3rd plural	*krummijēn	*krummidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*krummi
Plural	*krummiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*krummijandī	*krummid

Alternative reconstructions

*krummjan

Descendants

Old English: crymman
- Middle English: crimen
Old High German: *krummen
- Middle High German: krümmen
  - >? German: krümmen (If not derived from krumm instead)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*krimman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305: “*krum(m)jan-”