Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maiþm

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maiþmaz (“gift”).

Noun

*maiþm m[1]

  1. treasure

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *maiþm
Genitive *maiþmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *maiþm *maiþmō, *maiþmōs
Accusative *maiþm *maiþmā
Genitive *maiþmas *maiþmō
Dative *maiþmē *maiþmum
Instrumental *maiþmu *maiþmum

Descendants

  • Old English: māþum, māþm
    • Middle English: mathem, madme
    • → English: mathum, mathom
  • Old Saxon: mēthom, mēþom
  • Old High German: *meidam
    • Middle High German: meidem, meiden

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *maiþm ‘treasure’”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.