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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maitan

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 *maitaną.

Verb

*maitan

  1. to cut off

Inflection

Strong class 7a
Infinitive *maitan
1st sg. past *mēt
3rd pl. past *mētun
Past ptcple *maitan
Infinitive *maitan
Genitive infin. *maitannjas
Dative infin. *maitannjē
Instrum. infin. *maitannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *maitu *mēt
2nd singular *maitiʀi *mētī
3rd singular *maitidi *mēt
1st plural *maitum *mētum
2nd plural *maitid *mētud
3rd plural *maitand *mētun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *maitē *mētī
2nd singular *maitēs *mētī
3rd singular *maitē *mētī
1st plural *maitēm *mētīm
2nd plural *maitēþ *mētīd
3rd plural *maitēn *mētīn
Imperative Present
Singular *mait
Plural *maitid
Present Past
Participle *maitandī *maitan

Descendants

  • (Old English: mǣded, mǣdd, ġemǣded, ġemǣdd (ppt; adj))
  • Old High German: meizan
    • Middle High German: meizen
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