Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mātu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mētō.

Noun

*mātu f

measure
size

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mātu
Genitive	*mātā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mātu	*mātō
Accusative	*mātā	*mātā
Genitive	*mātā	*mātō
Dative	*mātē	mātōm, mātum
Instrumental	*mātu	mātōm, mātum

Related terms

Descendants

Old Frisian: mēte
- Saterland Frisian: Mäite
- West Frisian: mjitte
Old Saxon: *māta
- Middle Low German: mâte, mât
  - German Low German: Maat n
Old Dutch: *māta
- Middle Dutch: mâte
  - Dutch: maat
  - Limburgish: maot
Old High German: māza
- Middle High German: māz
  - German: Maß
  - Hunsrik: Mos
  - Luxembourgish: Mooss
  - Yiddish: מאָס (mos)

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