Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mētiz

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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

Vṛddhi gerundive of *metaną (to measure).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*mētiz[1][2]

  1. moderate, appropriate
  2. appreciable, estimable

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References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mēti-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367:adj. ‘estimable’
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*mētiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 271