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      Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mahtijan
Proto-West Germanic
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *mahtijaną, equivalent to *mahti (“power, strength”) + *-jan.
Inflection
    
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *mahtijan | |
| 1st sg. past | *mahtidā | |
| Infinitive | *mahtijan | |
| Genitive infin. | *mahtijannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *mahtijannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *mahtijannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past | 
| 1st singular | *mahtiju | *mahtidā | 
| 2nd singular | *mahtisi | *mahtidēs, *mahtidōs | 
| 3rd singular | *mahtiþi | *mahtidē, *mahtidā | 
| 1st plural | *mahtijum | *mahtidum | 
| 2nd plural | *mahtiþ | *mahtidud | 
| 3rd plural | *mahtijanþ | *mahtidun | 
| Subjunctive | Present | Past | 
| 1st singular | *mahtijē | *mahtidī | 
| 2nd singular | *mahtijēs | *mahtidī | 
| 3rd singular | *mahtijē | *mahtidī | 
| 1st plural | *mahtijēm | *mahtidīm | 
| 2nd plural | *mahtijēþ | *mahtidīd | 
| 3rd plural | *mahtijēn | *mahtidīn | 
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *mahti | |
| Plural | *mahtiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *mahtijandī | *mahtid | 
Related terms
    
Descendants
    
- Old English: *mihtan
- Middle English: mighten
 
- Old Saxon: *mahtian
- Middle Low German: mechten
 
- Old Dutch: *mahten
- Middle Dutch: machten
 
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