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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēþwō

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

Alternative forms
  • *madwō

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *h₂méh₁tuh₂, *h₂mh₁twéh₂-, the latter giving *madwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːθ.wɔː/

Noun

*mēþwō f

  1. meadow, pasture

Inflection

The original paradigm alternated *mēþw- against oblique *madw-.

ō-stemDeclension of *mēþwō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mēþwō *mēþwôz
vocative *mēþwō *mēþwôz
accusative *mēþwǭ *mēþwōz
genitive *madwōz *madwǫ̂
dative *madwōi *madwōmaz
instrumental *madwō *madwōmiz

Descendants

Anglo-Frisian shows the vowel of the nominative with the voiced Verner alternant consonant from the oblique.

  • Old English: mǣd
  • Old Frisian: mēde
  • Old Dutch: māda

References
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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