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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/masōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mē- (“to rub”), related to Bulgarian мая (maja, “to hesitate, be amazed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.sɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*masōną
- to labour, struggle with, be confused
Inflection
Conjugation of *masōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *masō | *masǭ | — | *masōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *masōsi | *masōs | *masō | *masōsai | *masōsau |
| 3rd singular | *masōþi | *masō | *masōþau | *masōþai | *masōþau |
| 1st dual | *masōs | *masōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *masōþiz | *masōþiz | *masōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *masōmaz | *masōm | — | *masōnþai | *masōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *masōþ | *masōþ | *masōþ | *masōnþai | *masōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *masōnþi | *masōn | *masōnþau | *masōnþai | *masōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *masōdǭ | *masōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *masōdēz | *masōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *masōdē | *masōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *masōdēdū | *masōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *masōdēdudiz | *masōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *masōdēdum | *masōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *masōdēdud | *masōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *masōdēdun | *masōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *masōndz | *masōdaz | |||
Descendants
- Old English: *masian, āmasian
- Middle English: masen, *amasen; bemasen
- Scots: maze, amase
- English: maze, amaze; bemaze
- Middle English: masen, *amasen; bemasen
- Old Norse: masa
- Danish: mase
- Icelandic: masa
- Norwegian Bokmål: mase
- Norwegian Nynorsk: masa
- Swedish: masa