Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/miʀdijan

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

Etymology

From *miʀdu +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*miʀdijan

1. to pay, reward
2. to hire

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*miʀdijan
1st sg. past	*miʀdidā
Infinitive	*miʀdijan
Genitive infin.	*miʀdijannjas
Dative infin.	*miʀdijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*miʀdijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*miʀdiju	*miʀdidā
2nd singular	*miʀdisi	*miʀdidēs, *miʀdidōs
3rd singular	*miʀdiþi	*miʀdidē, *miʀdidā
1st plural	*miʀdijum	*miʀdidum
2nd plural	*miʀdiþ	*miʀdidud
3rd plural	*miʀdijanþ	*miʀdidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*miʀdijē	*miʀdidī
2nd singular	*miʀdijēs	*miʀdidī
3rd singular	*miʀdijē	*miʀdidī
1st plural	*miʀdijēm	*miʀdidīm
2nd plural	*miʀdijēþ	*miʀdidīd
3rd plural	*miʀdijēn	*miʀdidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*miʀdi
Plural	*miʀdiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*miʀdijandī	*miʀdid

Related terms

• *miʀdōn

Descendants

• Old English:
  • Middle English: meden (and/or from *miʀdōn)
    • English: meed
• Old Saxon: mēdian
  • Middle Low German: mêden (likely merged with the descendant of *miʀdōn)
• Old Dutch: *mieden
  • Middle Dutch: mieden, mêden (and/or from *miʀdōn)
• Old High German: mieten
  • Middle High German: mieten (likely merged with the descendant of *miʀdōn)
    • German: mieten