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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōþuz

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 Pre-Germanic *méh₃tus, tu-stem adjective to *mōjaną (to tire), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₃-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.θuz/

Adjective

*mōþuz

  1. tired, weary

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōþī
    • Old English: mēþe
    • Old Frisian: mōthe
      • Saterland Frisian: moud
    • Old Saxon: mōthi
      • Middle Low German: möde
        • German Low German: mööd, mööi
    • Old Dutch: muothi
    • Old High German: muodi
      • Middle High German: müede, muode
  • Old Norse: móðr

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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