Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mētō

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Noun

*mētō f

1. measure
2. size

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *mētō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mētō	*mētôz
vocative	*mētō	*mētôz
accusative	*mētǭ	*mētōz
genitive	*mētōz	*mētǫ̂
dative	*mētōi	*mētōmaz
instrumental	*mētō	*mētōmiz

Related terms

• *metaną

Descendants

• Old Frisian: mēte
  • West Frisian: mjitte
• Old Dutch: *māta
  • Middle Dutch: mate
    • Dutch: maat (< earlier mate)
• Old High German: maza, māza
  • Middle High German: maz, māz
    • German: Maß
    • Hunsrik: Mos
    • Luxembourgish: Mooss
    • Yiddish: מאָס (mos)