Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mātugijan

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.

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *mātug (“moderate”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*mātugijan

1. to moderate
2. to reduce
3. to limit

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*mātugijan
1st sg. past	*mātugidā
Infinitive	*mātugijan
Genitive infin.	*mātugijannjas
Dative infin.	*mātugijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*mātugijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*mātugiju	*mātugidā
2nd singular	*mātugisi	*mātugidēs, *mātugidōs
3rd singular	*mātugiþi	*mātugidē, *mātugidā
1st plural	*mātugijum	*mātugidum
2nd plural	*mātugiþ	*mātugidud
3rd plural	*mātugijanþ	*mātugidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*mātugijē	*mātugidī
2nd singular	*mātugijēs	*mātugidī
3rd singular	*mātugijē	*mātugidī
1st plural	*mātugijēm	*mātugidīm
2nd plural	*mātugijēþ	*mātugidīd
3rd plural	*mātugijēn	*mātugidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*mātugi
Plural	*mātugiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*mātugijandī	*mātugid

Related terms

• *mātu

Descendants

• Old English: *mǣtgan
  • ⇒ Old English: gemǣtgan
• Old Saxon: *mātigian
  • Middle Low German: mātigen, mētigen
• Old Dutch: *mātigen
  • Middle Dutch: mâtigen
    • Dutch: matigen
• Old High German: *māzīgen
  • Middle High German: mæzigen
    • German: mäßigen, mässigen