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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muntijan

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-Indo-European *men- (to think). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*muntijan

  1. to intend
  2. to take aim

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *muntijan
1st sg. past *muntidā
Infinitive *muntijan
Genitive infin. *muntijannjas
Dative infin. *muntijannjē
Instrum. infin. *muntijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *muntiju *muntidā
2nd singular *muntisi *muntidēs, *muntidōs
3rd singular *muntiþi *muntidē, *muntidā
1st plural *muntijum *muntidum
2nd plural *muntiþ *muntidud
3rd plural *muntijanþ *muntidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *muntijē *muntidī
2nd singular *muntijēs *muntidī
3rd singular *muntijē *muntidī
1st plural *muntijēm *muntidīm
2nd plural *muntijēþ *muntidīd
3rd plural *muntijēn *muntidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *munti
Plural *muntiþ
Present Past
Participle *muntijandī *muntid

Descendants

  • Old English: myntan
    • Middle English: mynten, minten, munten
      • English: mint (dialectal)
      • Scots: mint
  • Old Frisian: *muntia
    • West Frisian: muntsje, mintsje (possibly from Dutch)
  • Old Saxon: *muntian
    • Middle Low German: münten
      • German Low German: münten
  • Old Dutch: *munten
  • Old High German: *munzen
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