Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mainiz

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 Proto-Indo-European *moynis (“common, mutual”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange, interchange, swap, share in common”). Compare Lithuanian mai̇̃nas (“exchange”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑi̯.niz/

Adjective

*mainiz

common

Inflection

Declension of *mainiz (i-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mainiz	*mainī	mainį, -jatō	*mainijai	*mainijôz	*mainijō
accusative	*mainijanǭ	*mainijǭ	mainį, -jatō	*mainijanz	*mainijōz	*mainijō
genitive	mainijas, mainīs	*mainijaizōz	mainijas, mainīs	*mainijaizǫ̂	*mainijaizǫ̂	*mainijaizǫ̂
dative	*mainijammai	*mainijaizōi	*mainijammai	*mainijaimaz	*mainijaimaz	*mainijaimaz
instrumental	*mainijanō	*mainijaizō	*mainijanō	*mainijaimiz	*mainijaimiz	*mainijaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*mainijô	*mainijǭ	*mainijô	*mainijaniz	*mainijōniz	*mainijōnō
accusative	*mainijanų	*mainijōnų	*mainijô	*mainijanunz	*mainijōnunz	*mainijōnō
genitive	*mainīniz	*mainijōniz	*mainīniz	*mainijanǫ̂	*mainijōnǫ̂	*mainijanǫ̂
dative	*mainīni	*mainijōni	*mainīni	*mainijammaz	*mainijōmaz	*mainijammaz
instrumental	*mainīnē	*mainijōnē	*mainīnē	*mainijammiz	*mainijōmiz	*mainijammiz

Derived terms

*gamainiz
*mainigaz

Descendants

Old English: mǣne; mǣnsumian, mānsumian
- Middle English: mene; mansen
  - Scots: mean, mein
  - English: mean; manse
Old Frisian: mēne; manda, monda
- Saterland Frisian: mande
Old Dutch: *mēne, *meine
- Middle Dutch: meen

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*maina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*maina-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348

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