Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mizdō

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 *misdʰéh₂ (“reward”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmiz.dɔː/

Noun

*mizdō f

reward

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *mizdō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mizdō	*mizdôz
vocative	*mizdō	*mizdôz
accusative	*mizdǭ	*mizdōz
genitive	*mizdōz	*mizdǫ̂
dative	*mizdōi	*mizdōmaz
instrumental	*mizdō	*mizdōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *miʀdu
- Old English: mēd, meord, ᛗᛖᛞᚢ (medu) — Runic
  - Middle English: mede, meede
    - English: meed
    - Scots: med
- Old Saxon: mēda
  - Middle Low German: mêde
    - Low German: Meed
- Old Dutch: *miada, *mieda
  - Middle Dutch: miede
    - Dutch: miede
- Old High German: miata
  - Middle High German: miete
    - German: Miete
    - Luxembourgish: Mit
- Lombardic: mēta
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉 (mizdō)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mizdō(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*mizdō(n)-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370

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