Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mārijan

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

From Proto-Germanic *mērijaną. Equivalent to *mār (“famous”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*mārijan

to praise, celebrate
to proclaim, declare, make known

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*mārijan
1st sg. past	*māridā
Infinitive	*mārijan
Genitive infin.	*mārijannjas
Dative infin.	*mārijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*mārijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*māriju	*māridā
2nd singular	*mārisi	māridēs, māridōs
3rd singular	*māriþi	māridē, māridā
1st plural	*mārijum	*māridum
2nd plural	*māriþ	*māridud
3rd plural	*mārijanþ	*māridun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*mārijē	*māridī
2nd singular	*mārijēs	*māridī
3rd singular	*mārijē	*māridī
1st plural	*mārijēm	*māridīm
2nd plural	*mārijēþ	*māridīd
3rd plural	*mārijēn	*māridīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*māri
Plural	*māriþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*mārijandī	*mārid

Descendants

Old English: mǣran
Old Saxon: mārian
- Middle Low German: mêren
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: vormêren, vörmêren
Old Dutch: *māren
- Middle Dutch: maren
  - ⇒ Middle Dutch: vermaren
    - Dutch: vermaren
      - ⇒ Dutch: vermaard
Old High German: māren
- Middle High German: māren, mæren
  - German: mären (archaic or dialectal)
- ⇒ Old High German: irmāren
  - Middle High German: ermæren
    - German: ermaren (archaic)