Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtō

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 edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. Pokorny derives from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”), similar to *metaþs, *metaną, etc.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.tɔː/

Noun edit

*mōtō f

tax
toll

Inflection edit

ō-stemDeclension of *mōtō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mōtō	*mōtôz
vocative	*mōtō	*mōtôz
accusative	*mōtǭ	*mōtōz
genitive	*mōtōz	*mōtǫ̂
dative	*mōtōi	*mōtōmaz
instrumental	*mōtō	*mōtōmiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *mōtu
- Old English: mōt
  - Middle English: mot
    - Yola: mot
- Old High German: *muoza
  - Middle High German: muoze
    - Bavarian: Mueß (“miller's fee”)
- → Medieval Latin: mūta^[2] [a. 837]
  - → Old Dutch: *mūta
    - Middle Dutch: mute
      - Dutch: muit (archaic)
  - → Old High German: *mūta, muta (alternatively borrowed from Gothic)
    - Middle High German: mūte
      - German: Maut
  - → Old Norse: múta
    - Icelandic: múta
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: mute
    - Old Swedish: múta
      - Swedish: muta
Gothic: 𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰 (mōta)
→ Proto-Slavic: *mytò (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “705-06”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 705-06
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Maut”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “nullum teloneum neque quod lingua theodisca Muta vocatur”

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “705-06”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 705-06

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Maut”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN: “nullum teloneum neque quod lingua theodisca Muta vocatur”

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