Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/maiwaz

i-stem?

The Old English form has umlaut and was apparently inflected as an i-stem. Is there any evidence for it being an i-stem elsewhere? —CodeCat 12:38, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

*avis*

I'm not sure at the moment what the Germanic cognate to avis would be, but note that the full name is "Seemöwe". I'm even less sure if *-m* could be a binding morpheme or inflectionsl suffix (same thing)? Another option would be some weird action with mer- "mare, sea"; I'd takevthe Platduits outcome maä "sea" as reference (slight anachronism, but all of Low German might elide the -r I believe). Also note the Norse forms mar, mevar "gull" (with definite nominal r?). 109.41.0.205