Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māan
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *mēaną.
Verb
[edit]*māan[1]
- to mow
Inflection
[edit]| Strong class 7d | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *māan | |
| 1st sg. past | *mē | |
| 3rd pl. past | *mēun | |
| Past ptcple | *māan | |
| Infinitive | *māan | |
| Genitive infin. | *māannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *māannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *māannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *māu | *mē |
| 2nd singular | *māiʀi | *mēī |
| 3rd singular | *māidi | *mē |
| 1st plural | *māum | *mēum |
| 2nd plural | *māid | *mēud |
| 3rd plural | *māand | *mēun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *māē | *mēī |
| 2nd singular | *māēs | *mēī |
| 3rd singular | *māē | *mēī |
| 1st plural | *māēm | *mēīm |
| 2nd plural | *māēþ | *mēīd |
| 3rd plural | *māēn | *mēīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *mā | |
| Plural | *māid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *māandī | *māan |
Descendants
[edit]- Old English: māwan
- Old Frisian: *meā, *miā
- Old Saxon: *māian
- Old Dutch: *māien
- Old High German: māen
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*māan”