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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y-, which could be reduced from *meh₂- (“to beckon”) + *-yeti. See also Latin maereo (“I am mournful”), Sanskrit मेनि (meni, “wrath, punishment”), Proto-Slavic *mamiti (“to deceive”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*mainaz
- mean, damaging, hurtful
- unjust, false
Inflection
Declension of *mainaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
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Neuter
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*mainaz
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*mainai
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*mainō
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*mainôz
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*mainą, -atō
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*mainō
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Accusative
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*mainanǭ
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*mainanz
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*mainǭ
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*mainōz
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*mainą, -atō
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*mainō
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Genitive
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*mainas, -is
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*mainaizǫ̂
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*mainaizōz
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*mainaizǫ̂
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*mainas, -is
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*mainaizǫ̂
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Dative
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*mainammai
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*mainaimaz
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*mainaizōi
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*mainaimaz
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*mainammai
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*mainaimaz
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Instrumental
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*mainanō
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*mainaimiz
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*mainaizō
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*mainaimiz
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*mainanō
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*mainaimiz
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Weak declension
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Case
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Singular
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Plural
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Singular
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Plural
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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*mainô
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*mainaniz
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*mainǭ
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*mainōniz
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*mainô
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*mainōnō
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Accusative
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*mainanų
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*mainanunz
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*mainōnų
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*mainōnunz
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*mainô
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*mainōnō
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Genitive
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*maininiz
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*mainanǫ̂
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*mainōniz
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*mainōnǫ̂
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*maininiz
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*mainanǫ̂
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Dative
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*mainini
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*mainammaz
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*mainōni
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*mainōmaz
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*mainini
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*mainammaz
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Instrumental
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*maininē
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*mainammiz
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*mainōnē
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*mainōmiz
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*maininē
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*mainammiz
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Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Most later descendants confused and merged this word with the descendants of *gamainiz (“common”).
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. mei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 710
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) chapter 358, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page maereō