Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōþijaną

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 *mōþuz (tired) +‎ *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōþijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to tire, exhaust

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *mōþijō *mōþijaų *mōþijai ?
2nd singular *mōþīsi *mōþijais *mōþī *mōþijasai *mōþijaisau
3rd singular *mōþīþi *mōþijai *mōþijaþau *mōþijaþai *mōþijaiþau
1st dual *mōþijōs *mōþijaiw
2nd dual *mōþijaþiz *mōþijaiþiz *mōþijaþiz
1st plural *mōþijamaz *mōþijaim *mōþijanþai *mōþijainþau
2nd plural *mōþīþ *mōþijaiþ *mōþīþ *mōþijanþai *mōþijainþau
3rd plural *mōþijanþi *mōþijain *mōþijanþau *mōþijanþai *mōþijainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *mōþidǭ *mōþidēdį̄
2nd singular *mōþidēz *mōþidēdīz
3rd singular *mōþidē *mōþidēdī
1st dual *mōþidēdū *mōþidēdīw
2nd dual *mōþidēdudiz *mōþidēdīdiz
1st plural *mōþidēdum *mōþidēdīm
2nd plural *mōþidēdud *mōþidēdīd
3rd plural *mōþidēdun *mōþidēdīn
present past
participles *mōþijandz *mōþidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōþijan
    • Old Saxon: *mōthian, *mōthōn
    • Old Dutch: muothen
      • Middle Dutch: moeden, mueden, muden
    • Old High German: *muoden
      • Old High German: unmuodento (adverb)
  • Old Norse: mǿða, mœða
    • Faroese: møða
    • Icelandic: mæða
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: møda
    • Old Swedish: mø̄þa
    • Old Danish: møthæ

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373