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

Etymology

From *mōþuz (“tired”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.θi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōþijaną

1. (transitive) to tire, exhaust

Inflection

Conjugation of *mōþijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice				passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative		indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōþijō	*mōþijaų	—		*mōþijai	?
2nd singular	*mōþīsi	*mōþijais	*mōþī		*mōþijasai	*mōþijaisau
3rd singular	*mōþīþi	*mōþijai	*mōþijaþau		*mōþijaþai	*mōþijaiþau
1st dual	*mōþijōs	*mōþijaiw	—		—	—
2nd dual	*mōþijaþiz	*mōþijaiþiz	*mōþijaþiz		—	—
1st plural	*mōþijamaz	*mōþijaim	—		*mōþijanþai	*mōþijainþau
2nd plural	*mōþīþ	*mōþijaiþ	*mōþīþ		*mōþijanþai	*mōþijainþau
3rd plural	*mōþijanþi	*mōþijain	*mōþijanþau		*mōþijanþai	*mōþijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōþidǭ	*mōþidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mōþidēz	*mōþidēdīz
3rd singular	*mōþidē	*mōþidēdī
1st dual	*mōþidēdū	*mōþidēdīw
2nd dual	*mōþidēdudiz	*mōþidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mōþidēdum	*mōþidēdīm
2nd plural	*mōþidēdud	*mōþidēdīd
3rd plural	*mōþidēdun	*mōþidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mōþijandz	*mōþidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mōþijan
  • Old Saxon: *mōthian, *mōthōn
    • Middle Low German: mö̂den
  • Old Dutch: muothen
    • Middle Dutch: moeden, mueden, muden
  • Old High German: *muoden
    • ⇒ Old High German: unmuodento (adverb)
• Old Norse: mǿða, mœða
  • Faroese: møða
  • Icelandic: mæða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: møda
  • Old Swedish: mø̄þa
    • Swedish: möda
  • Old Danish: møthæ
    • Danish: møde