Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mainijaną
Proto-Germanic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *meyno- (“intent, mindset, opinion”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange, swap, switch, share in common”). Cognate with Old Irish mían (“wish; desire”).
Verb
editInflection
editConjugation of *mainijaną (weak class 1)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *mainijan
- → Proto-Finnic: *mainit'ak (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
editLikely from *mainaz (“damaging, untrue, deceiving”) + *-janą or *mainą (“damage, unjustice”) + *-janą.
Verb
edit*mainijaną[3]
Inflection
editConjugation of *mainijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants
edit- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *framainijan
- Old Norse: meina
- ⇒ Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamainjan)
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*mainjanan II”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mainjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*mainjanan I”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 255