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This Proto-West 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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mētō.
Noun
*mātu f
- measure
- size
Inflection
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Singular
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*mātu
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| Genitive
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*mātā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*mātu
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*mātō
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| Accusative
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*mātā
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*mātā
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| Genitive
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*mātā
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*mātō
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| Dative
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*mātē
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*mātōm, *mātum
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| Instrumental
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*mātu
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*mātōm, *mātum
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Descendants
- Old Frisian: mēte
- Saterland Frisian: Mäite
- West Frisian: mjitte
- Old Saxon: *māta
- Middle Low German: mâte, mât
- German Low German: Maat n
- → Old Norse: máti m
- Faroese: máti m
- Norwegian Bokmål: måte m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: måte m
- Danish: måde c
- Old Dutch: *māta
- Old High German: māza