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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mainijan

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *mainijaną.

Verb

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*mainijan

  1. to mean, think

Inflection

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Class 1 weak
Infinitive *mainijan
1st sg. past *mainidā
Infinitive *mainijan
Genitive infin. *mainijannjas
Dative infin. *mainijannjē
Instrum. infin. *mainijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *mainiju *mainidā
2nd singular *mainisi *mainidēs, *mainidōs
3rd singular *mainiþi *mainidē, *mainidā
1st plural *mainijum *mainidum
2nd plural *mainiþ *mainidud
3rd plural *mainijanþ *mainidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *mainijē *mainidī
2nd singular *mainijēs *mainidī
3rd singular *mainijē *mainidī
1st plural *mainijēm *mainidīm
2nd plural *mainijēþ *mainidīd
3rd plural *mainijēn *mainidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *maini
Plural *mainiþ
Present Past
Participle *mainijandī *mainid

Descendants

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