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
Inflection
Declension of *mētiz (i-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mētiz | *mētijai | *mētī | *mētijôz | *mētį, *-jatō | *mētijō |
| accusative | *mētijanǭ | *mētijanz | *mētijǭ | *mētijōz | *mētį, *-jatō | *mētijō |
| genitive | *mētijas, *mētīs | *mētijaizǫ̂ | *mētijaizōz | *mētijaizǫ̂ | *mētijas, *mētīs | *mētijaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *mētijammai | *mētijaimaz | *mētijaizōi | *mētijaimaz | *mētijammai | *mētijaimaz |
| instrumental | *mētijanō | *mētijaimiz | *mētijaizō | *mētijaimiz | *mētijanō | *mētijaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *mētijô | *mētijaniz | *mētijǭ | *mētijōniz | *mētijô | *mētijōnō |
| accusative | *mētijanų | *mētijanunz | *mētijōnų | *mētijōnunz | *mētijô | *mētijōnō |
| genitive | *mētīniz | *mētijanǫ̂ | *mētijōniz | *mētijōnǫ̂ | *mētīniz | *mētijanǫ̂ |
| dative | *mētīni | *mētijammaz | *mētijōni | *mētijōmaz | *mētīni | *mētijammaz |
| instrumental | *mētīnē | *mētijammiz | *mētijōnē | *mētijōmiz | *mētīnē | *mētijammiz |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mēti-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367: “adj. ‘estimable’”
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mētiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271