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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maitaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”) (compare Proto-Celtic *mailos (“bald”)).
In view of the likely causative *maidijaną (“to hurt”), Kroonen assumes the original form of this verb was *maiþaną, from Pre-Germanic *moitH-, with contamination from the related *mittōną (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/
Inflection
Conjugation of *maitaną (strong class 7a)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *maitō | *maitaų | — | *maitai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *maitizi | *maitaiz | *mait | *maitazai | *maitaizau |
| 3rd singular | *maitidi | *maitai | *maitadau | *maitadai | *maitaidau |
| 1st dual | *maitōz | *maitaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *maitadiz | *maitaidiz | *maitadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *maitamaz | *maitaim | — | *maitandai | *maitaindau |
| 2nd plural | *maitid | *maitaid | *maitid | *maitandai | *maitaindau |
| 3rd plural | *maitandi | *maitain | *maitandau | *maitandai | *maitaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *memait | *memaitį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *memaist | *memaitīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *memait | *memaitī | |||
| 1st dual | *memaitū | *memaitīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *memaitudiz | *memaitīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *memaitum | *memaitīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *memaitud | *memaitīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *memaitun | *memaitīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *maitandz | *maitanaz | |||
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *maitan
- Old Norse: meita (wk vb) (through confluence with *maitijaną)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (maitan)
Further reading
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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