Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mainaiþaz

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 *mainaz +‎ *aiþaz.

Noun

*mainaiþaz m

  1. perjury

Inflection

Declension of *mainaiþaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mainaiþaz *mainaiþōz, *mainaiþōs
vocative *mainaiþ *mainaiþōz, *mainaiþōs
accusative *mainaiþą *mainaiþanz
genitive *mainaiþas, *mainaiþis *mainaiþǫ̂
dative *mainaiþai *mainaiþamaz
instrumental *mainaiþō *mainaiþamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mainaiþ
    • Old English: mānāþ
      • Middle English: monoth, manath, manwaþ, maineath
        • Scots: mane-atht
    • Old Frisian: mēnēth
      • Saterland Frisian: Meeneed
      • West Frisian: meineed
    • Old Saxon: mēnēth
      • Middle Low German: mênêt, meineit
        • German Low German: Meeneed
    • Old Dutch: *meinēth, *meinēd
      • Middle Dutch: meynede, meeneet
    • Old High German: meineid
      • Middle High German: meineit
  • Old Norse: meineiðr
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