Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōdaz

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

Appears to derive from a Proto-Indo-European *mō-tó-s, a lengthened grade nominal formation from a root *meh₁- (“to endeavor; will, temper”), which may be a semantic extension of *meh₁- in the usual "to measure" sense. Perhaps cognate with Latin mōs (“will, humor, wont, inclination, mood”), Proto-Slavic *sъmě̀ti (“to dare, venture, make bold”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.ðɑz/

Noun

*mōdaz m

  1. mind, sense
  2. zeal, boldness, courage
  3. anger

Inflection

Declension of *mōdaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mōdaz *mōdōz, *mōdōs
vocative *mōd *mōdōz, *mōdōs
accusative *mōdą *mōdanz
genitive *mōdas, *mōdis *mōdǫ̂
dative *mōdai *mōdamaz
instrumental *mōdō *mōdamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōd
    • Old English: mōd
      • Middle English: mod, mode, mood
    • Old Frisian: mōd
      • Saterland Frisian: Moud
      • West Frisian: moed
    • Old Saxon: mōd
      • Middle Low German: môt, moit, mout, mût
        • Low German:
          • German Low German: Mood, Mōt, Mūt
          • Westphalian:
            Münsterländisch: te Moode
            Westmünsterländisch: Mood
            East Westphalian: Meot (Ravensbergisch-Lippisch)
        • Plautdietsch: Moot
    • Old Dutch: muot
    • Old High German: (before c.850) mōt, (Freising) moat, muot
  • Old Norse: móðr
  • East Germanic:

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mōđaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
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