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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mētiz

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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

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Etymology

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Vṛddhi gerundive of *metaną (to measure).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*mētiz[1][2]

  1. moderate, appropriate
  2. appreciable, estimable

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *mātī
    • Old English: mǣte
    • Old Frisian: *mēte, met
    • Old Saxon: *māti
    • Old Dutch: *māti
    • Old High German: māzi
      • Middle High German: mæze
  • Old Norse: mætr

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mēti-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367:adj. ‘estimable’
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mētiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271