Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/minnisōną

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 *minniz (“less”) +‎ *-isōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmin.ni.sɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*minnisōną

to make less, make smaller

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*minnisō	*minnisǭ	—	*minnisōi	?
2nd singular	*minnisōsi	*minnisōs	*minnisō	*minnisōsai	*minnisōsau
3rd singular	*minnisōþi	*minnisō	*minnisōþau	*minnisōþai	*minnisōþau
1st dual	*minnisōs	*minnisōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*minnisōþiz	*minnisōþiz	*minnisōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*minnisōmaz	*minnisōm	—	*minnisōnþai	*minnisōnþau
2nd plural	*minnisōþ	*minnisōþ	*minnisōþ	*minnisōnþai	*minnisōnþau
3rd plural	*minnisōnþi	*minnisōn	*minnisōnþau	*minnisōnþai	*minnisōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*minnisōdǭ	*minnisōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*minnisōdēz	*minnisōdēdīz
3rd singular	*minnisōdē	*minnisōdēdī
1st dual	*minnisōdēdū	*minnisōdēdīw
2nd dual	*minnisōdēdudiz	*minnisōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*minnisōdēdum	*minnisōdēdīm
2nd plural	*minnisōdēdud	*minnisōdēdīd
3rd plural	*minnisōdēdun	*minnisōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*minnisōndz	*minnisōdaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *minnisōn
- Old English: minsian
  - Middle English: minsen, mincen
    - Scots: minch, minsch
    - English: minse, mince
- Old Saxon: minsōn
- → Old French: mincer, mincier (probably)
  - Middle French: mincer
    - French: mincer
Old Norse: *minsa, *minska
- Icelandic: minnka (?)
- Swedish: minska
- Norwegian: minske
- Danish: mindske