Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editRelated to *maizô (“more”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
edit*maiz (adjective *maizô, superlative *maist)
Usage notes
editThis word is not directly the comparative of any other term. Instead, various adverbial formations are used to express the positive degree.
Derived terms
editFinal *-z was regularly lost in monosyllables in the northern West Germanic languages, so that forms without final -r are found in these languages. However, it was generally restored later by analogy with the adjective *maizô, which had retained it.