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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/medumōną

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 *medumô (middle, midmost) + *-ōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈme.ðu.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*medumōną

  1. to mediate, moderate

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *medumōn
    • Old English: medumian
      • Middle English: medemen
    • Old High German: metamēn (<with a shift from class II to class III)[1]
  • Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽 (midumōn)

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95:PGmc *medumōną ‘find the midpoint’
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