Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōjan

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōjaną (“to tire”).

Verb

*mōjan

1. to tire

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*mōjan
1st sg. past	*mōidā
Infinitive	*mōjan
Genitive infin.	*mōjannjas
Dative infin.	*mōjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*mōjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*mōju	*mōidā
2nd singular	*mōisi	*mōidēs, *mōidōs
3rd singular	*mōiþi	*mōidē, *mōidā
1st plural	*mōjum	*mōidum
2nd plural	*mōiþ	*mōidud
3rd plural	*mōjanþ	*mōidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*mōjē	*mōidī
2nd singular	*mōjēs	*mōidī
3rd singular	*mōjē	*mōidī
1st plural	*mōjēm	*mōidīm
2nd plural	*mōjēþ	*mōidīd
3rd plural	*mōjēn	*mōidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*mōi
Plural	*mōiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*mōjandī	*mōid

Descendants

• Old Frisian: mōia
  • Saterland Frisian: möie
  • West Frisian: muoie
• Old Saxon: *mōian
  • Middle Low German: mōien, möien
    • German Low German: möjen
• Old Dutch: *muojan
  • Middle Dutch: moeyen
    • Dutch: moeien
    • Limburgish: möjje
• Old High German: muojan, muoen
  • Middle High German: muon, müen, müewen, müejen
    • German: mühen