Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtijaną

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 *mōtą (“meeting”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōtijaną

1. to meet, encounter

Inflection

Conjugation of *mōtijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōtijō	*mōtijaų	—	*mōtijai	?
2nd singular	*mōtīsi	*mōtijais	*mōtī	*mōtijasai	*mōtijaisau
3rd singular	*mōtīþi	*mōtijai	*mōtijaþau	*mōtijaþai	*mōtijaiþau
1st dual	*mōtijōs	*mōtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mōtijaþiz	*mōtijaiþiz	*mōtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mōtijamaz	*mōtijaim	—	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau
2nd plural	*mōtīþ	*mōtijaiþ	*mōtīþ	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau
3rd plural	*mōtijanþi	*mōtijain	*mōtijanþau	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōtidǭ	*mōtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mōtidēz	*mōtidēdīz
3rd singular	*mōtidē	*mōtidēdī
1st dual	*mōtidēdū	*mōtidēdīw
2nd dual	*mōtidēdudiz	*mōtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mōtidēdum	*mōtidēdīm
2nd plural	*mōtidēdud	*mōtidēdīd
3rd plural	*mōtidēdun	*mōtidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mōtijandz	*mōtidaz

Derived terms

• *gamōtijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mōtijan
  • Old English: mētan
    • Middle English: meten, meeten
      • Scots: met, mete, meit, meet
      • English: meet
  • Old Frisian: mēta
    • North Frisian: mete
    • Saterland Frisian: mäite
    • West Frisian: mette
  • Old Saxon: mōtian
    • Middle Low German: môten, mö̂ten
      • Low German: möten, bemöten
      • ⇒ Middle Low German: entmôten, entmö̂ten
  • Old Dutch: *muoten
    • Middle Dutch: moeten
      • Dutch: moeten
        • → West Frisian: moetsje
      • Limburgish: mote
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: gemoeten
        • Dutch: gemoeten
      • ⇒ Middle Dutch: ontmoeten, entmuten, untmuten
        • Dutch: ontmoeten
  • Old High German: muozen
    • Middle High German: muozen, muoten
      • ⇒ Middle High German: *entmuozen, entmuoten
        • German: entmuten
• Old Norse: mœta
  • Icelandic: mæta
  • Faroese: møta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: møte
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møte
  • Old Swedish: mø̄ta
    • Swedish: möta
  • Old Danish: møtæ
    • Danish: møde