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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōþijaną

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 *mōþuz (tired) + *-janą.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōþijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to tire, exhaust

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōþijan
    • Old Saxon: *mōthian, *mōthōn
    • Old Dutch: muothen
      • Middle Dutch: moeden, mueden, muden
    • Old High German: *muoden
      • Old High German: unmuodento (adverb)
  • Old Norse: mǿða, mœða
    • Faroese: møða
    • Icelandic: mæða
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: møda
    • Old Swedish: mø̄þa
    • Old Danish: møthæ

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
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