Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maitijaną

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 *maitaną (“to cut”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*maitijaną

to cut
to sculpt

Inflection

Conjugation of *maitijaną (weak class 1)
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*maitijō	*maitijaų	—	*maitijai	?
2nd singular	*maitīsi	*maitijais	*maitī	*maitijasai	*maitijaisau
3rd singular	*maitīþi	*maitijai	*maitijaþau	*maitijaþai	*maitijaiþau
1st dual	*maitijōs	*maitijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*maitijaþiz	*maitijaiþiz	*maitijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*maitijamaz	*maitijaim	—	*maitijanþai	*maitijainþau
2nd plural	*maitīþ	*maitijaiþ	*maitīþ	*maitijanþai	*maitijainþau
3rd plural	*maitijanþi	*maitijain	*maitijanþau	*maitijanþai	*maitijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*maitidǭ	*maitidēdį̄
2nd singular	*maitidēz	*maitidēdīz
3rd singular	*maitidē	*maitidēdī
1st dual	*maitidēdū	*maitidēdīw
2nd dual	*maitidēdudiz	*maitidēdīdiz
1st plural	*maitidēdum	*maitidēdīm
2nd plural	*maitidēdud	*maitidēdīd
3rd plural	*maitidēdun	*maitidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*maitijandz	*maitidaz

Related terms

*maitilaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *maitijan
- Old English: *mǣtan, mētan (“to draw, paint”)
  - Middle English: meten (“to paint, sculpt, design”)
- Old High German: *meizen
  - ⇒ Old High German: firmeizen (wk vb)
    - Middle High German: vermeizen
    - ⇒ Old High German: abafirmeizen (wk vb)
Old Norse: meita (through confluence with *maitaną)
- Icelandic: meita
- Norwegian: meita
- Swedish: meta

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*maitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*maitjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 256