Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mastijan

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 *mast (“mast, fruits of the forest”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*mastijan[1]

  1. to feed
  2. to fatten up

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *mastijan
1st sg. past *mastidā
Infinitive *mastijan
Genitive infin. *mastijannjas
Dative infin. *mastijannjē
Instrum. infin. *mastijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *mastiju *mastidā
2nd singular *mastisi *mastidēs, *mastidōs
3rd singular *mastiþi *mastidē, *mastidā
1st plural *mastijum *mastidum
2nd plural *mastiþ *mastidud
3rd plural *mastijanþ *mastidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *mastijē *mastidī
2nd singular *mastijēs *mastidī
3rd singular *mastijē *mastidī
1st plural *mastijēm *mastidīm
2nd plural *mastijēþ *mastidīd
3rd plural *mastijēn *mastidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *masti
Plural *mastiþ
Present Past
Participle *mastijandī *mastid

Descendants

  • Old English: mæstan
  • Old Saxon: *mestian
  • Old Dutch: *mesten
  • Old High German: *mesten

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*masta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 357: “*mastjan-”
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