Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mainaz
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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 Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y-, which could be reduced from *meh₂- (“to beckon”) + *-yeti.[1][2] See also Latin maereo (“I am mournful”), Sanskrit मेनि (meni, “wrath, punishment”), Proto-Slavic *mamiti (“to deceive”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*mainaz
Inflection
Declension of *mainaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mainaz | *mainai | *mainō | *mainôz | *mainą, -atō | *mainō |
| Accusative | *mainanǭ | *mainanz | *mainǭ | *mainōz | *mainą, -atō | *mainō |
| Genitive | *mainas, -is | *mainaizǫ̂ | *mainaizōz | *mainaizǫ̂ | *mainas, -is | *mainaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *mainammai | *mainaimaz | *mainaizōi | *mainaimaz | *mainammai | *mainaimaz |
| Instrumental | *mainanō | *mainaimiz | *mainaizō | *mainaimiz | *mainanō | *mainaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mainô | *mainaniz | *mainǭ | *mainōniz | *mainô | *mainōnō |
| Accusative | *mainanų | *mainanunz | *mainōnų | *mainōnunz | *mainô | *mainōnō |
| Genitive | *maininiz | *mainanǫ̂ | *mainōniz | *mainōnǫ̂ | *maininiz | *mainanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *mainini | *mainammaz | *mainōni | *mainōmaz | *mainini | *mainammaz |
| Instrumental | *maininē | *mainammiz | *mainōnē | *mainōmiz | *maininē | *mainammiz |
Derived terms
- *mainaiþaz (“false oath”)
- *mainijaną
Related terms
Descendants
Most later descendants confused this word with *gamainiz (“common”).
- Old English: mān
- English: mean
- Old Frisian: mēn
- West Frisian: mien
- Old Dutch: *mēn
- Old High German: mein
- German: gemein
- Old Norse: meinn
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. mei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 710
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “358”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page maereō