Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōþuz
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pre-Germanic *méh₃tus, tu-stem adjective to *mōjaną (“to tire”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₃-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]*mōþuz
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *mōþuz (u-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mōþuz | *mōþijai | *mōþī | *mōþijôz | *mōþų, *-jatō | *mōþijō |
| accusative | *mōþijanǭ | *mōþijanz | *mōþijǭ | *mōþijōz | *mōþų, *-jatō | *mōþijō |
| genitive | *mōþijas, *mōþīs | *mōþijaizǫ̂ | *mōþijaizōz | *mōþijaizǫ̂ | *mōþijas, *mōþīs | *mōþijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *mōþijammai | *mōþijaimaz | *mōþijaizōi | *mōþijaimaz | *mōþijammai | *mōþijaimaz |
| instrumental | *mōþijanō | *mōþijaimiz | *mōþijaizō | *mōþijaimiz | *mōþijanō | *mōþijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mōþijô | *mōþijaniz | *mōþijǭ | *mōþijōniz | *mōþijô | *mōþijōnō |
| accusative | *mōþijanų | *mōþijanunz | *mōþijōnų | *mōþijōnunz | *mōþijô | *mōþijōnō |
| genitive | *mōþīniz | *mōþijanǫ̂ | *mōþijōniz | *mōþijōnǫ̂ | *mōþīniz | *mōþijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *mōþīni | *mōþijammaz | *mōþijōni | *mōþijōmaz | *mōþīni | *mōþijammaz |
| instrumental | *mōþīnē | *mōþijammiz | *mōþijōnē | *mōþijōmiz | *mōþīnē | *mōþijammiz |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *mōþī
- Old Norse: móðr
Further reading
[edit]- Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN