Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/medumōn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *medumōną.^[1] Equivalent to *medumō (“middle, midmost”) +‎ *-ōn.

Verb

*medumōn

to mediate, moderate

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*medumōn
1st sg. past	*medumōdā
Infinitive	*medumōn
Genitive infin.	*medumōnijas
Dative infin.	*medumōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*medumōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*medumō	*medumōdā
2nd singular	*medumōs	medumōdēs, medumōdōs
3rd singular	*medumōþ	medumōdē, medumōdā
1st plural	*medumōm	*medumōdum
2nd plural	*medumōþ	*medumōdud
3rd plural	*medumōnþ	*medumōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*medumō	*medumōdī
2nd singular	*medumōs	*medumōdī
3rd singular	*medumō	*medumōdī
1st plural	*medumōm	*medumōdīm
2nd plural	*medumōþ	*medumōdīd
3rd plural	*medumōn	*medumōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*medumō
Plural	*medumōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*medumōndī	*medumōd

Derived terms

*gamedumōn

Descendants

Old English: medumian
- Middle English: medemen
Old High German: metamēn (<with a shift from class II to class III)^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95: “PGmc *medumōną ‘find the midpoint’”

[Ringe-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95: “PGmc *medumōną ‘find the midpoint’”

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