Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mittōną

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 Pre-Germanic *mitnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *maitaną (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmit.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mittōną

1. to cut

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *mitt- against *mid-.

Conjugation of *mittōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mittō	*mittǭ	—	*mittōi	?
2nd singular	*mittōsi	*mittōs	*mittō	*mittōsai	*mittōsau
3rd singular	*mittōþi	*mittō	*mittōþau	*mittōþai	*mittōþau
1st dual	*mittōs	*mittōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mittōþiz	*mittōþiz	*mittōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mittōmaz	*mittōm	—	*mittōnþai	*mittōnþau
2nd plural	*mittōþ	*mittōþ	*mittōþ	*mittōnþai	*mittōnþau
3rd plural	*mittōnþi	*mittōn	*mittōnþau	*mittōnþai	*mittōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mittōdǭ	*mittōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*mittōdēz	*mittōdēdīz
3rd singular	*mittōdē	*mittōdēdī
1st dual	*mittōdēdū	*mittōdēdīw
2nd dual	*mittōdēdudiz	*mittōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*mittōdēdum	*mittōdēdīm
2nd plural	*mittōdēdud	*mittōdēdīd
3rd plural	*mittōdēdun	*mittōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mittōndz	*mittōdaz

Descendants

• Old High German: *metzōn
  • Middle High German: metzen
• Norwegian: mita

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN