Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōjaną

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 *meh₃-ye-ti, from *meh₃- (to cause toil, be a burden). Cognate with Tocharian A māskā- (to be difficult), Proto-Slavic *màjati (to detain, tire, exhaust), Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, turmoil), Latin mōlēs (burden, mass).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōjaną

  1. to tire

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *mōjō *mōjaų *mōjai ?
2nd singular *mōisi *mōjais *mōi *mōjasai *mōjaisau
3rd singular *mōiþi *mōjai *mōjaþau *mōjaþai *mōjaiþau
1st dual *mōjōs *mōjaiw
2nd dual *mōjaþiz *mōjaiþiz *mōjaþiz
1st plural *mōjamaz *mōjaim *mōjanþai *mōjainþau
2nd plural *mōiþ *mōjaiþ *mōiþ *mōjanþai *mōjainþau
3rd plural *mōjanþi *mōjain *mōjanþau *mōjanþai *mōjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *mōidǭ *mōidēdį̄
2nd singular *mōidēz *mōidēdīz
3rd singular *mōidē *mōidēdī
1st dual *mōidēdū *mōidēdīw
2nd dual *mōidēdudiz *mōidēdīdiz
1st plural *mōidēdum *mōidēdīm
2nd plural *mōidēdud *mōidēdīd
3rd plural *mōidēdun *mōidēdīn
present past
participles *mōjandz *mōidaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōjan
    • Old Frisian: mōia
      • Saterland Frisian: möie
      • West Frisian: muoie
    • Old Saxon: *mōian
    • Old Dutch: *muojan
    • Old High German: muojan, muoen
      • Middle High German: muon, müen, müewen, müejen
  • Gothic: *𐌼𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*mōjan)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371