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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/medumōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *medumô + *-ōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈme.ðu.mɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*medumōną
- to mediate, moderate
Inflection
Conjugation of *medumōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *medumō | *medumǭ | — | *medumōi | *? |
| 2nd singular | *medumōsi | *medumōs | *medumō | *medumōsai | *medumōsau |
| 3rd singular | *medumōþi | *medumō | *medumōþau | *medumōþai | *medumōþau |
| 1st dual | *medumōs | *medumōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *medumōþiz | *medumōþiz | *medumōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *medumōmaz | *medumōm | — | *medumōnþai | *medumōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *medumōþ | *medumōþ | *medumōþ | *medumōnþai | *medumōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *medumōnþi | *medumōn | *medumōnþau | *medumōnþai | *medumōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *medumōdǭ | *medumōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *medumōdēz | *medumōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *medumōdē | *medumōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *medumōdēdū | *medumōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *medumōdēdudiz | *medumōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *medumōdēdum | *medumōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *medumōdēdud | *medumōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *medumōdēdun | *medumōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *medumōndz | *medumōdaz | |||
Descendants
- West Germanic: *medumōn
- Old English: medemian
- Middle English: medemen
- Old High German: metamēn (<with a shift from class II to class III)[1]
- Old English: medemian
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽 (midumōn)
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 95: “PGmc *medumōną ‘find the midpoint’”