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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mildijaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to beat, pound, grind, mill”), from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”). Cognate with Latin mollis (“soft, gentle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmil.di.jɑz/
Adjective
*mildijaz
- mild, soft, tender
Inflection
Declension of *mildijaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mildijaz | *mildijai | *mildijō | *mildijôz | *mildiją, -atō | *mildijō |
| Accusative | *mildijanǭ | *mildijanz | *mildijǭ | *mildijōz | *mildiją, -atō | *mildijō |
| Genitive | *mildijas, -is | *mildijaizǫ̂ | *mildijaizōz | *mildijaizǫ̂ | *mildijas, -is | *mildijaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *mildijammai | *mildijaimaz | *mildijaizōi | *mildijaimaz | *mildijammai | *mildijaimaz |
| Instrumental | *mildijanō | *mildijaimiz | *mildijaizō | *mildijaimiz | *mildijanō | *mildijaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mildijô | *mildijaniz | *mildijǭ | *mildijōniz | *mildijô | *mildijōnō |
| Accusative | *mildijanų | *mildijanunz | *mildijōnų | *mildijōnunz | *mildijô | *mildijōnō |
| Genitive | *mildijiniz | *mildijanǫ̂ | *mildijōniz | *mildijōnǫ̂ | *mildijiniz | *mildijanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *mildijini | *mildijammaz | *mildijōni | *mildijōmaz | *mildijini | *mildijammaz |
| Instrumental | *mildijinē | *mildijammiz | *mildijōnē | *mildijōmiz | *mildijinē | *mildijammiz |
Descendants
- Old English: milde
- Middle English: milde
- Scots: mild, myld
- English: mild
- Middle English: milde
- Old Frisian: milde
- Saterland Frisian: milde, mild
- West Frisian: myld
- Old Saxon: mildi
- Middle Low German: milde
- Low German: milde
- Middle Low German: milde
- Old Dutch: mildi
- Middle Dutch: milde
- Dutch: mild
- Middle Dutch: milde
- Old High German: milti
- Middle High German: milte, milde
- German: milde, mild
- Luxembourgish: mëll
- Vilamovian: myłd
- Middle High German: milte, milde
- Old Norse: mildr
- Icelandic: mildur
- Norwegian: mild
- Old Swedish: milder
- Swedish: mild
- Old Danish: [Term?]
- Danish: mild
- Gothic: *𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 (*milds) or *𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*mildeis) (in 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌹𐌸𐌰 (mildiþa))