Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maitaną
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Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”) (compare Proto-Celtic *mailos (“bald”)).
In view of the likely causative *maidijaną (“to hurt”), Kroonen assumes the original form of this verb was *maiþaną, from Pre-Germanic *moitH-, with contamination from the related *mittōną (“to cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*maitaną
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *maitaną (strong class 7a)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *maitan
- Old Norse: meita (wk vb) (through confluence with *maitijaną)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (maitan)