Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/metōną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to think about, reason, decide”). Cognate with Latin meditor (“think, reflect, consider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.tɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*metōną

1. to measure, mete, assign
2. to weigh in mind, consider

Inflection

Conjugation of *metōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*metō	*metǭ	—	*metōi	?
2nd singular	*metōsi	*metōs	*metō	*metōsai	*metōsau
3rd singular	*metōþi	*metō	*metōþau	*metōþai	*metōþau
1st dual	*metōs	*metōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*metōþiz	*metōþiz	*metōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*metōmaz	*metōm	—	*metōnþai	*metōnþau
2nd plural	*metōþ	*metōþ	*metōþ	*metōnþai	*metōnþau
3rd plural	*metōnþi	*metōn	*metōnþau	*metōnþai	*metōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*metōdǭ	*metōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*metōdēz	*metōdēdīz
3rd singular	*metōdē	*metōdēdī
1st dual	*metōdēdū	*metōdēdīw
2nd dual	*metōdēdudiz	*metōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*metōdēdum	*metōdēdīm
2nd plural	*metōdēdud	*metōdēdīd
3rd plural	*metōdēdun	*metōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*metōndz	*metōdaz

Related terms

• *metaną
• *metōduz

Descendants

• Old English: metegian, metgian, metian
• Old Frisian: metigia
• Old High German: mezzōn
  • Middle High German: mezzen
    • German: messen (merged with other verbs)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (mitōn)