Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōþī
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *mōþaz + *-ī (adjective suffix).
Adjective
edit*mōþī[1]
Inflection
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *mōþī | ||
Genitive | *mōþijas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *mōþī | *mōþiju | *mōþī |
Accusative | *mōþijanā | *mōþijā | *mōþī |
Genitive | *mōþijas | *mōþijeʀā | *mōþijas |
Dative | *mōþijumē | *mōþijeʀē | *mōþijumē |
Instrumental | *mōþiju | *mōþijeʀu | *mōþiju |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *mōþijē | *mōþijō | *mōþiju |
Accusative | *mōþijā | *mōþijā | *mōþiju |
Genitive | *mōþijeʀō | *mōþijeʀō | *mōþijeʀō |
Dative | *mōþijēm, *mōþijum | *mōþijēm, *mōþijum | *mōþijēm, *mōþijum |
Instrumental | *mōþijēm, *mōþijum | *mōþijēm, *mōþijum | *mōþijēm, *mōþijum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: mēþe
- Old Frisian: mōthe
- Saterland Frisian: moud
- Old Saxon: mōthi
- Old Dutch: muothi
- Old High German: muodi
References
edit- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc *mōþī”