Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēaną

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 *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛː.ɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mēaną

  1. to mow, cut down (grass, crops)

Inflection

Conjugation of (strong class 7d)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *mēō *mēaų — *mēai ?
2nd singular *mēizi *mēaiz *mē *mēazai *mēaizau
3rd singular *mēidi *mēai *mēadau *mēadai *mēaidau
1st dual *mēōz *mēaiw — — —
2nd dual *mēadiz *mēaidiz *mēadiz — —
1st plural *mēamaz *mēaim — *mēandai *mēaindau
2nd plural *mēid *mēaid *mēid *mēandai *mēaindau
3rd plural *mēandi *mēain *mēandau *mēandai *mēaindau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *memō *memōį̄
2nd singular *memōt *memōīz
3rd singular *memō *memōī
1st dual *memōū *memōīw
2nd dual *memōudiz *memōīdiz
1st plural *memōum *memōīm
2nd plural *memōud *memōīd
3rd plural *memōun *memōīn
present past
participles *mēandz *mēanaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *māan
    • Old English: māwan
      • Middle English: mowen
        • English: mow
        • Scots: maw
    • Old Frisian: *meā, *miā
      • Saterland Frisian: mjo
      • West Frisian: mjeane, meane
    • Old Saxon: *māian
    • Old Dutch: *māien
    • Old High German: māen
      • Middle High German: mæjen

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mēan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
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