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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maidaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯.ðɑz/

Etymology 1

From Pre-Germanic *moyth₂ós, an o-grade adjective from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (to hurt).

Adjective

*maidaz

  1. hurt, wounded
  2. mad, foolish
  3. angry, enraged
Inflection


Descendants
  • Old English: ġemād
  • Old Saxon: gimēd
    • Middle Low German: gemeit, gemeyt
  • Old Dutch: *gimeid
    • Middle Dutch: gemeit, gemeet
  • Old High German: gimeit
    • Middle High German: gemeit
      • German: gemeit
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (gamaiþs)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *mey-.[1]

Noun

*maidaz m

  1. stake, pole
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *maidaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *maidaz *maidōz, *maidōs
vocative *maid *maidōz, *maidōs
accusative *maidą *maidanz
genitive *maidas, *maidis *maidǫ̂
dative *maidai *maidamaz
instrumental *maidō *maidamiz
Descendants
References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “maida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
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