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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Related to *maizô (“more”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑi̯z/
Usage notes
This word is not directly the comparative of any other term. Instead, various adverbial formations are used to express the positive degree.
Derived terms
Final *-z was regularly lost in monosyllables in the northern West Germanic languages, so that forms without final -r are found in these languages. However, it was generally restored later by analogy with the adjective *maizô, which had retained it.
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