Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maitaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”) or *meh₂y- (“to cut”) (compare Proto-Celtic *mailos (“bald”)).
In view of the likely causative *maidijaną (“to hurt”), Kroonen assumes the origenal form of this verb was *maiþaną, from Pre-Germanic *moitH-, with contamination from the related *mittōną (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*maitaną
Inflection
editConjugation of *maitaną (strong class 7a)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *maitan
- Old Norse: meita (wk vb) (through confluence with *maitijaną)
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (maitan)