Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mātu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mētō.

Noun

*mātu f

1. measure
2. size

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mātu
Genitive	*mātā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mātu	*mātō
Accusative	*mātā	*mātā
Genitive	*mātā	*mātō
Dative	*mātē	*mātōm, *mātum
Instrumental	*mātu	*mātōm, *mātum

Related terms

• *mātī
• *mātōn
• *metan

Descendants

• Old Frisian: mēte
  • Saterland Frisian: Mäite
  • West Frisian: mjitte
• Old Saxon: *māta
  • Middle Low German: mâte, mât
    • German Low German: Maat n
• Old Dutch: *māta
  • Middle Dutch: mâte
    • Dutch: maat
    • Limburgish: maot
• Old High German: māza
  • Middle High German: māz
    • German: Maß
    • Hunsrik: Mos
    • Luxembourgish: Mooss
    • Yiddish: מאָס (mos)