Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōjaną
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₃-ye-ti, from *meh₃- (“to cause toil, be a burden”). Cognate with Tocharian A māskā- (“to be difficult”), Proto-Slavic *màjati (“to detain, tire, exhaust”), Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos, “turmoil”), Latin mōlēs (“burden, mass”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*mōjaną
- to tire
Inflection
Conjugation of *mōjaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mōjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371