Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/māan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mēaną.

Verb

*māan

1. to mow

Inflection

Strong class 7d
Infinitive	*māan
1st sg. past	*mē
3rd pl. past	*mēun
Past ptcple	*māan
Infinitive	*māan
Genitive infin.	*māannjas
Dative infin.	*māannjē
Instrum. infin.	*māannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*māu	*mē
2nd singular	*māiʀi	*mēī
3rd singular	*māidi	*mē
1st plural	*māum	*mēum
2nd plural	*māid	*mēud
3rd plural	*māand	*mēun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*māē	*mēī
2nd singular	*māēs	*mēī
3rd singular	*māē	*mēī
1st plural	*māēm	*mēīm
2nd plural	*māēþ	*mēīd
3rd plural	*māēn	*mēīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*mā
Plural	*māid
	Present	Past
Participle	*māandī	*māan

Descendants

• Old English: māwan
  • Middle English: mawen, mowen
    • English: mow
    • Scots: maw
• Old Frisian: *meā, *miā
  • Saterland Frisian: mjo
  • West Frisian: mjeane, meane
• Old Saxon: *māian
  • Middle Low German: meien, meyen, meygen, meigen, mêgen
    • German Low German: maihen
    • → Swedish: meja
    • → Danish: meje
    • → Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: meie
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: meia, meie
• Old Dutch: *māien
  • Middle Dutch: mâyen
    • Dutch: maaien
      • Afrikaans: maai
• Old High German: māen
  • Middle High German: mæjen
    • German: mähen
    • Luxembourgish: méien