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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtaną
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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
Etymology
A preterite-present derived from a secondary perfect of *mḗd-e-ti (“to measure, ensure compliance, take care of”): *me-mṓd-e (literally “to have measured, taken care of”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *mōtaną (preterite-present)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *mōt | *mōtį̄ | — | — | — |
| 2nd singular | *mōst | *mōtīz | — | — | — |
| 3rd singular | *mōt | *mōtī | — | — | — |
| 1st dual | *mōtū | *mōtīw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *mōtudiz | *mōtīdiz | — | — | — |
| 1st plural | *mōtum | *mōtīm | — | — | — |
| 2nd plural | *mōtud | *mōtīd | — | — | — |
| 3rd plural | *mōtun | *mōtīn | — | — | — |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *mōsǭ | *mōsēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *mōsēz | *mōsēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *mōsē | *mōsēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *mōsēdū | *mōsēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *mōsēdudiz | *mōsēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *mōsēdum | *mōsēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *mōsēdud | *mōsēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *mōsēdun | *mōsēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *mōtandz | *mōsaz | |||
Descendants
References
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “1. *med-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 423
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