Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/medumōn
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *medumōną.[1] Equivalent to *medumō (“middle, midmost”) + *-ōn.
Verb
edit*medumōn
Inflection
edit| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *medumōn | |
| 1st sg. past | *medumōdā | |
| Infinitive | *medumōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *medumōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *medumōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *medumōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *medumō | *medumōdā |
| 2nd singular | *medumōs | *medumōdēs, *medumōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *medumōþ | *medumōdē, *medumōdā |
| 1st plural | *medumōm | *medumōdum |
| 2nd plural | *medumōþ | *medumōdud |
| 3rd plural | *medumōnþ | *medumōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *medumō | *medumōdī |
| 2nd singular | *medumōs | *medumōdī |
| 3rd singular | *medumō | *medumōdī |
| 1st plural | *medumōm | *medumōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *medumōþ | *medumōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *medumōn | *medumōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *medumō | |
| Plural | *medumōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *medumōndī | *medumōd |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Old English: medumian
- Middle English: medemen
- Old High German: metamēn (<with a shift from class II to class III)[1]
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95: “PGmc *medumōną ‘find the midpoint’”