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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōþijaną

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *mōþuz + *-janą.[1]

Verb

*mōþijaną[1]

  1. (transitive) to tire, exhaust
Inflection
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōþijan
    • Old Saxon: *mōthian, *mōthōn
    • Old Dutch: muothen
      • Middle Dutch: moeden, mueden, muden
    • Old High German: *muoden
      • Old High German: unmuodento (adverb)
  • Old Norse: mœða
    • Icelandic: mæða
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: møda, møde
    • Old Swedish: möþa
    • Old Danish: møthæ
References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mōþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

Etymology 2

From *mōþuz + *-janą.

Verb

*mōþijaną

  1. (intransitive) to grow tired, become exhausted
Inflection
Descendants

Note: Most daughter languages merged the transitive and intransitive conjugation systems, only Old High German appears to have maintained a distinction between the two.

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōþēn
    • Old English: mēþian
    • Old Saxon: *mōthian, *mōthōn
    • Old Dutch: muothen
      • Middle Dutch: moeden, mueden, muden
    • Old High German: muodēn
  • Old Norse: mœða
    • Icelandic: mæða
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: møda, møde
    • Old Swedish: möþa
    • Old Danish: møthæ
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