Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/matiz

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

An ablaut variant of the root *mēs-, mōs, usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to drip, ooze; grease, fat”). Contrary to Pokorny and followers, Kroonen separates the Germanic food words from this root, instead linking Ancient Greek μεστός (mestós, “full”) for a root *med- (“to satiate”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.tiz/

Noun

*matiz m[1][2]

food

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *matiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*matiz	*matīz
vocative	*mati	*matīz
accusative	*matį	*matinz
genitive	*matīz	*matjǫ̂
dative	*matī	*matimaz
instrumental	*matī	*matimiz

Related terms

*mastaz (“fruit (of a forest tree)”)
*mōsą

Derived terms

*matibalgiz
(*matisahsą, *matizahsą >) Proto-West Germanic: *matisahs, *matiʀahs
*matją
*matjaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mati
- Old English: mete, met, mett, mette
  - Middle English: mete, mæte, meet, meete, mette
    - English: meat
    - Scots: mete, met, meit, mait
    - Yola: met, maate
- Old Frisian: mete, meit, met
  - North Frisian: meet
- Old Saxon: meti, mat
  - Middle Low German: met
    - Low German: met, Mett
    - → German: Mett
- Old Dutch: *mat, *meti
  - Middle Dutch: met
    - Dutch: met
- Old High German: maz
  - Middle High German: maz
Old Norse: matr
- Icelandic: matur
- Faroese: matur
- Norn: met
- Norwegian: mat
- Westrobothnian: mæt
- Old Swedish: mater
  - Swedish: mat
- Danish: mad
- Gutnish: mat
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mati-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*matiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 263