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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māan

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 Proto-Germanic *mēaną.

Verb

*māan[1]

  1. to mow

Inflection

Strong class 7d
Infinitive *māan
1st sg. past *mē
3rd pl. past *mēun
Past ptcple *māan
Infinitive *māan
Genitive infin. *māannjas
Dative infin. *māannjē
Instrum. infin. *māannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *māu *mē
2nd singular *māiʀi *mēī
3rd singular *māidi *mē
1st plural *māum *mēum
2nd plural *māid *mēud
3rd plural *māand *mēun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *māē *mēī
2nd singular *māēs *mēī
3rd singular *māē *mēī
1st plural *māēm *mēīm
2nd plural *māēþ *mēīd
3rd plural *māēn *mēīn
Imperative Present
Singular *mā
Plural *māid
Present Past
Participle *māandī *māan

Descendants

  • Old English: māwan
    • Middle English: mawen, mowen
  • Old Frisian: *meā, *miā
    • Saterland Frisian: mjo
    • West Frisian: mjeane, meane
  • Old Saxon: *māian
  • Old Dutch: *māien
  • Old High German: māen
    • Middle High German: mæjen

References

  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:*māan
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