Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōþuz

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 Pre-Germanic *méh₃tus, tu-stem adjective to *mōjaną (“to tire”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.θuz/

Adjective

*mōþuz

tired, weary

Inflection

Declension of *mōþuz (u-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mōþuz	*mōþī	mōþų, -jatō	*mōþijai	*mōþijôz	*mōþijō
accusative	*mōþijanǭ	*mōþijǭ	mōþų, -jatō	*mōþijanz	*mōþijōz	*mōþijō
genitive	mōþijas, mōþīs	*mōþijaizōz	mōþijas, mōþīs	*mōþijaizǫ̂	*mōþijaizǫ̂	*mōþijaizǫ̂
dative	*mōþijammai	*mōþijaizōi	*mōþijammai	*mōþijaimaz	*mōþijaimaz	*mōþijaimaz
instrumental	*mōþijanō	*mōþijaizō	*mōþijanō	*mōþijaimiz	*mōþijaimiz	*mōþijaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mōþijô	*mōþijǭ	*mōþijô	*mōþijaniz	*mōþijōniz	*mōþijōnō
accusative	*mōþijanų	*mōþijōnų	*mōþijô	*mōþijanunz	*mōþijōnunz	*mōþijōnō
genitive	*mōþīniz	*mōþijōniz	*mōþīniz	*mōþijanǫ̂	*mōþijōnǫ̂	*mōþijanǫ̂
dative	*mōþīni	*mōþijōni	*mōþīni	*mōþijammaz	*mōþijōmaz	*mōþijammaz
instrumental	*mōþīnē	*mōþijōnē	*mōþīnē	*mōþijammiz	*mōþijōmiz	*mōþijammiz

Derived terms

*mōþijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mōþī
- Old English: mēþe
- Old Frisian: mōthe
  - Saterland Frisian: moud
- Old Saxon: mōthi
  - Middle Low German: möde
    - German Low German: mööd, mööi
- Old Dutch: muothi
  - Middle Dutch: moede
    - Dutch: moede, moe
      - Afrikaans: moeg
    - Limburgish: meug
- Old High German: muodi
  - Middle High German: müede, muode
    - Alemannic German: müed
    - Bavarian: miad
    - Central Franconian: möd, mööch, med, mied
      - Hunsrik: mied
      - Luxembourgish: midd
    - German: müde, müd
    - Rhine Franconian: miid
      - Pennsylvania German: mied
    - Yiddish: מיד (mid)
Old Norse: móðr
- Icelandic: móður
- Faroese: móður
- Norwegian: mo
- Old Swedish: mōþer
  - Swedish: mod
- Danish: mod

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373

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