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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mainaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y-, which could be reduced from *meh₂- (to beckon) + *-yeti.[1][2] See also Latin maereo (I am mournful), Sanskrit मेनि (meni, wrath, punishment), Proto-Slavic *mamiti (to deceive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯.nɑz/

Adjective

*mainaz

  1. mean, damaging, hurtful
  2. unjust, false

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

Most later descendants confused and merged this word with the descendants of *gamainiz (common).

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. mei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 710
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) chapter 358, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page maereō
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