Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtijaną

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 *mōtą (“meeting”) +‎ *-janą.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōtijaną

to meet, encounter

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*mōtijō	*mōtijaų	—	*mōtijai	?
2nd singular	*mōtīsi	*mōtijais	*mōtī	*mōtijasai	*mōtijaisau
3rd singular	*mōtīþi	*mōtijai	*mōtijaþau	*mōtijaþai	*mōtijaiþau
1st dual	*mōtijōs	*mōtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mōtijaþiz	*mōtijaiþiz	*mōtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mōtijamaz	*mōtijaim	—	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau
2nd plural	*mōtīþ	*mōtijaiþ	*mōtīþ	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau
3rd plural	*mōtijanþi	*mōtijain	*mōtijanþau	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōtidǭ	*mōtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mōtidēz	*mōtidēdīz
3rd singular	*mōtidē	*mōtidēdī
1st dual	*mōtidēdū	*mōtidēdīw
2nd dual	*mōtidēdudiz	*mōtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mōtidēdum	*mōtidēdīm
2nd plural	*mōtidēdud	*mōtidēdīd
3rd plural	*mōtidēdun	*mōtidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*mōtijandz	*mōtidaz

Derived terms

*gamōtijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mōtijan
- Old English: mētan
  - Middle English: meten, meeten
    - Scots: met, mete, meit, meet
    - English: meet
- Old Frisian: mēta
  - North Frisian: mete
  - Saterland Frisian: mäite
  - West Frisian: mette
- Old Saxon: mōtian
  - Middle Low German: môten, mö̂ten
    - Low German: möten, bemöten
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: entmôten, entmö̂ten
- Old Dutch: *muoten
  - Middle Dutch: moeten
    - Dutch: moeten
      - → West Frisian: moetsje
    - Limburgish: mote
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: gemoeten
      - Dutch: gemoeten
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: ontmoeten, entmuten, untmuten
      - Dutch: ontmoeten
- Old High German: muozen
  - Middle High German: muozen, muoten
    - ⇒ Middle High German: *entmuozen, entmuoten
      - German: entmuten
Old Norse: mœta
- Icelandic: mæta
- Faroese: møta
- Norwegian Bokmål: møte
- Norwegian Nynorsk: møte
- Old Swedish: mø̄ta
  - Swedish: möta
- Old Danish: møtæ
  - Danish: møde

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōtjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōtjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372

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