Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mikilōną

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 *mikilaz (“great, large”) +‎ *-ōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ki.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mikilōną^[1]

to make great, magnify
Synonym: *mikiljaną

Inflection

Conjugation of *mikilōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*mikilō	*mikilǭ	—	*mikilōi	?
2nd singular	*mikilōsi	*mikilōs	*mikilō	*mikilōsai	*mikilōsau
3rd singular	*mikilōþi	*mikilō	*mikilōþau	*mikilōþai	*mikilōþau
1st dual	*mikilōs	*mikilōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mikilōþiz	*mikilōþiz	*mikilōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mikilōmaz	*mikilōm	—	*mikilōnþai	*mikilōnþau
2nd plural	*mikilōþ	*mikilōþ	*mikilōþ	*mikilōnþai	*mikilōnþau
3rd plural	*mikilōnþi	*mikilōn	*mikilōnþau	*mikilōnþai	*mikilōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mikilōdǭ	*mikilōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*mikilōdēz	*mikilōdēdīz
3rd singular	*mikilōdē	*mikilōdēdī
1st dual	*mikilōdēdū	*mikilōdēdīw
2nd dual	*mikilōdēdudiz	*mikilōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*mikilōdēdum	*mikilōdēdīm
2nd plural	*mikilōdēdud	*mikilōdēdīd
3rd plural	*mikilōdēdun	*mikilōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*mikilōndz	*mikilōdaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mikilōn
- Old English: miclian
  - Middle English: muchelen
- Old Dutch: *mikilon
  - ⇒ Old Dutch: gemikilon
- Old High German: mihhilōn, michilōn
  - Middle High German: michelen
Old Norse: mikla
- Icelandic: mikla

References

^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mikilōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265

[1] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*mikilōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 265

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