Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mairōn

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 *mairī (“mooring post”) +‎ *-ōn, the former from Proto-Germanic *mairiją.[1]

Verb

*mairōn

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to moor, fasten at a mooring post

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive *mairōn
1st sg. past *mairōdā
Infinitive *mairōn
Genitive infin. *mairōnijas
Dative infin. *mairōnijē
Instrum. infin. *mairōniju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *mairō *mairōdā
2nd singular *mairōs *mairōdēs, *mairōdōs
3rd singular *mairōþ *mairōdē, *mairōdā
1st plural *mairōm *mairōdum
2nd plural *mairōþ *mairōdud
3rd plural *mairōnþ *mairōdun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *mairō *mairōdī
2nd singular *mairōs *mairōdī
3rd singular *mairō *mairōdī
1st plural *mairōm *mairōdīm
2nd plural *mairōþ *mairōdīd
3rd plural *mairōn *mairōdīn
Imperative Present
Singular *mairō
Plural *mairōþ
Present Past
Participle *mairōndī *mairōd

Descendants

  • Old English: *mārian
    • Middle English: moren
      • English: moor
        • → Low German: vermoren
  • Old Frisian: *māria
  • Old Saxon: *mērōn
  • Old Dutch: *mēron

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mairja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348: “*mairōjan-”
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