Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). Equivalent to *mōtǭ (“leisure, idleness, opportunity”) + *-ōną, (compare German Muße (“leisure”)).
Verb
*mōtōną
- to be idle, at leisure
- to be available, unrestricted
Inflection
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *mōtō | *mōtǭ | — | *mōtōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *mōtōsi | *mōtōs | *mōtō | *mōtōsai | *mōtōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *mōtōþi | *mōtō | *mōtōþau | *mōtōþai | *mōtōþau | |
| 1st dual | *mōtōs | *mōtōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *mōtōþiz | *mōtōþiz | *mōtōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *mōtōmaz | *mōtōm | — | *mōtōnþai | *mōtōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *mōtōþ | *mōtōþ | *mōtōþ | *mōtōnþai | *mōtōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *mōtōnþi | *mōtōn | *mōtōnþau | *mōtōnþai | *mōtōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *mōtōdǭ | *mōtōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *mōtōdēz | *mōtōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *mōtōdē | *mōtōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *mōtōdēdū | *mōtōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *mōtōdēdudiz | *mōtōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *mōtōdēdum | *mōtōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *mōtōdēdud | *mōtōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *mōtōdēdun | *mōtōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *mōtōndz | *mōtōdaz | ||||