Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/medumōną

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 *medumô (“middle, midmost”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈme.ðu.mɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*medumōną

to mediate, moderate

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*medumō	*medumǭ	—	*medumōi	?
2nd singular	*medumōsi	*medumōs	*medumō	*medumōsai	*medumōsau
3rd singular	*medumōþi	*medumō	*medumōþau	*medumōþai	*medumōþau
1st dual	*medumōs	*medumōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*medumōþiz	*medumōþiz	*medumōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*medumōmaz	*medumōm	—	*medumōnþai	*medumōnþau
2nd plural	*medumōþ	*medumōþ	*medumōþ	*medumōnþai	*medumōnþau
3rd plural	*medumōnþi	*medumōn	*medumōnþau	*medumōnþai	*medumōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*medumōdǭ	*medumōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*medumōdēz	*medumōdēdīz
3rd singular	*medumōdē	*medumōdēdī
1st dual	*medumōdēdū	*medumōdēdīw
2nd dual	*medumōdēdudiz	*medumōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*medumōdēdum	*medumōdēdīm
2nd plural	*medumōdēdud	*medumōdēdīd
3rd plural	*medumōdēdun	*medumōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*medumōndz	*medumōdaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *medumōn
- Old English: medumian
  - Middle English: medemen
- Old High German: metamēn (<with a shift from class II to class III)^[1]
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽 (midumōn)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95: “PGmc *medumōną ‘find the midpoint’”

[Ringe-1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95: “PGmc *medumōną ‘find the midpoint’”

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