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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mittōną
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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 *mitnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to *maitaną (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmit.tɔː.nɑ̃/
Inflection
The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *mitt- against *mid-.
Conjugation of *mittōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *mittō | *mittǭ | — | *mittōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *mittōsi | *mittōs | *mittō | *mittōsai | *mittōsau |
| 3rd singular | *mittōþi | *mittō | *mittōþau | *mittōþai | *mittōþau |
| 1st dual | *mittōs | *mittōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *mittōþiz | *mittōþiz | *mittōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *mittōmaz | *mittōm | — | *mittōnþai | *mittōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *mittōþ | *mittōþ | *mittōþ | *mittōnþai | *mittōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *mittōnþi | *mittōn | *mittōnþau | *mittōnþai | *mittōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *mittōdǭ | *mittōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *mittōdēz | *mittōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *mittōdē | *mittōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *mittōdēdū | *mittōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *mittōdēdudiz | *mittōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *mittōdēdum | *mittōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *mittōdēdud | *mittōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *mittōdēdun | *mittōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *mittōndz | *mittōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Old High German: *metzōn
- Middle High German: metzen
- Norwegian: mita
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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