Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mēaną

1. to mow, cut down (grass, crops)

Inflection

Conjugation of *mēaną (strong class 7d)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mēō	*mēaų	—	*mēai	?
2nd singular	*mēizi	*mēaiz	*mē	*mēazai	*mēaizau
3rd singular	*mēidi	*mēai	*mēadau	*mēadai	*mēaidau
1st dual	*mēōz	*mēaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mēadiz	*mēaidiz	*mēadiz	—	—
1st plural	*mēamaz	*mēaim	—	*mēandai	*mēaindau
2nd plural	*mēid	*mēaid	*mēid	*mēandai	*mēaindau
3rd plural	*mēandi	*mēain	*mēandau	*mēandai	*mēaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*memō	*memōį̄
2nd singular	*memōt	*memōīz
3rd singular	*memō	*memōī
1st dual	*memōū	*memōīw
2nd dual	*memōudiz	*memōīdiz
1st plural	*memōum	*memōīm
2nd plural	*memōud	*memōīd
3rd plural	*memōun	*memōīn
	present	past
participles	*mēandz	*mēanaz

Related terms

• *mēdiz
• *mēþą
• *mēdwō

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *māan
  • Old English: māwan
    • Middle English: mowen
      • English: mow
      • Scots: maw
  • Old Frisian: *meā, *miā
    • Saterland Frisian: mjo
    • West Frisian: mjeane, meane
  • Old Saxon: *māian
    • Middle Low German: meien, meyen, meygen, meigen, mêgen
      • German Low German: maihen
      • → Swedish: meja
      • → Danish: meje
      • → Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: meie
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: meia, meie
  • Old Dutch: *māien
    • Middle Dutch: mâyen
      • Dutch: maaien
        • Afrikaans: maai
  • Old High German: māen
    • Middle High German: mæjen
      • German: mähen
      • Luxembourgish: méien