Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōjaną

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 *meh₃-ye-ti, from *meh₃- (“to cause toil, be a burden”). Cognate with Tocharian A māskā- (“to be difficult”), Proto-Slavic *màjati (“to detain, tire, exhaust”), Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”), Latin mōlēs (“burden, mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōjaną

1. to tire

Inflection

Conjugation of *mōjaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōjō	*mōjaų	—	*mōjai	?
2nd singular	*mōisi	*mōjais	*mōi	*mōjasai	*mōjaisau
3rd singular	*mōiþi	*mōjai	*mōjaþau	*mōjaþai	*mōjaiþau
1st dual	*mōjōs	*mōjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mōjaþiz	*mōjaiþiz	*mōjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mōjamaz	*mōjaim	—	*mōjanþai	*mōjainþau
2nd plural	*mōiþ	*mōjaiþ	*mōiþ	*mōjanþai	*mōjainþau
3rd plural	*mōjanþi	*mōjain	*mōjanþau	*mōjanþai	*mōjainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōidǭ	*mōidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mōidēz	*mōidēdīz
3rd singular	*mōidē	*mōidēdī
1st dual	*mōidēdū	*mōidēdīw
2nd dual	*mōidēdudiz	*mōidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mōidēdum	*mōidēdīm
2nd plural	*mōidēdud	*mōidēdīd
3rd plural	*mōidēdun	*mōidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mōjandz	*mōidaz

Related terms

• *mōþuz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mōjan
  • Old Frisian: mōia
    • Saterland Frisian: möie
    • West Frisian: muoie
  • Old Saxon: *mōian
    • Middle Low German: mōien, möien
      • German Low German: möjen
  • Old Dutch: *muojan
    • Middle Dutch: moeyen
      • Dutch: moeien
      • Limburgish: möjje
  • Old High German: muojan, muoen
    • Middle High German: muon, müen, müewen, müejen
      • German: mühen
• Gothic: *𐌼𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*mōjan)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐌼𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afmōjan)