Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mainą
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From the same ultimate source as *mainijaną (“to think, mean”), evolved from an earlier sense of "false oath."[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*mainą n
Inflection edit
neuter a-stemDeclension of *mainą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *mainą | *mainō | |
vocative | *mainą | *mainō | |
accusative | *mainą | *mainō | |
genitive | *mainas, *mainis | *mainǫ̂ | |
dative | *mainai | *mainamaz | |
instrumental | *mainō | *mainamiz |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: mān; mānāþ (compounded with *aiþaz); mānswerian
- Old Frisian: mēn; *mēnēth (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Old Saxon: mēn; mēnēth (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Old Dutch: *mēn, *mein; *mēnēth (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Old High German: mein; meineid (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Old Norse: mein
- → Proto-Samic: *mājnē (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “meineed”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute