Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēþwō

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

Alternative forms

*madwō

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₂méh₁tuh₂, *h₂mh₁twéh₂-, the latter giving *madwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛːθ.wɔː/

Noun

*mēþwō f

meadow, pasture

Inflection

The original paradigm alternated *mēþw- against oblique *madw-.

ō-stemDeclension of *mēþwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mēþwō	*mēþwôz
vocative	*mēþwō	*mēþwôz
accusative	*mēþwǭ	*mēþwōz
genitive	*mēþwōz	*mēþwǫ̂
dative	*mēþwōi	*mēþwōmaz
instrumental	*mēþwō	*mēþwōmiz

Related terms

Descendants

Anglo-Frisian shows the vowel of the nominative with the voiced Verner alternant consonant from the oblique.

Old English: mǣd
- Middle English: mede, medwe
  - English: mead, meadow
  - Scots: meeda
  - Yola: mead
Old Frisian: mēde
Old Dutch: māda
- Middle Dutch: made
  - Dutch: made

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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