Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mētō

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

A nominal formation from *metaną.^[1]

Noun

*mētō f

measure
size

Inflection

Declension of *mētō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mētō	*mētôz
vocative	*mētō	*mētôz
accusative	*mētǭ	*mētōz
genitive	*mētōz	*mētǫ̂
dative	*mētōi	*mētōmaz
instrumental	*mētō	*mētōmiz

Related terms

*metaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mātu
- Old Frisian: mēte
  - Saterland Frisian: Mäite
  - West Frisian: mjitte
- Old Saxon: *māta
  - Middle Low German: mâte, mât
    - German Low German: Maat n
    - → Old Norse: máti m
      - Faroese: máti m
      - Norwegian Bokmål: måte m
      - Norwegian Nynorsk: måte m
      - Danish: måde c
- 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)
→ Proto-Finnic: *mëëtto (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mētan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mētan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271

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