Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mīþaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to change, switch”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiː.θɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*mīþaną[1]
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *mīþō | *mīþaų | — | *mīþai | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *mīþizi | *mīþaiz | *mīþ | *mīþazai | *mīþaizau | |
| 3rd singular | *mīþidi | *mīþai | *mīþadau | *mīþadai | *mīþaidau | |
| 1st dual | *mīþōz | *mīþaiw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *mīþadiz | *mīþaidiz | *mīþadiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *mīþamaz | *mīþaim | — | *mīþandai | *mīþaindau | |
| 2nd plural | *mīþid | *mīþaid | *mīþid | *mīþandai | *mīþaindau | |
| 3rd plural | *mīþandi | *mīþain | *mīþandau | *mīþandai | *mīþaindau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *maiþ | *midį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *maist | *midīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *maiþ | *midī | ||||
| 1st dual | *midū | *midīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *midudiz | *midīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *midum | *midīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *midud | *midīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *midun | *midīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *mīþandz | *midanaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *mīþan