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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/minnisōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *minniz (“less”) + *-isōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmin.ni.sɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*minnisōną
- to make less, make smaller
Inflection
Conjugation of *minnisōną (weak class 2)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *minnisō | *minnisǭ | — | *minnisōi | *? |
2nd singular | *minnisōsi | *minnisōs | *minnisō | *minnisōsai | *minnisōsau |
3rd singular | *minnisōþi | *minnisō | *minnisōþau | *minnisōþai | *minnisōþau |
1st dual | *minnisōs | *minnisōw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *minnisōþiz | *minnisōþiz | *minnisōþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *minnisōmaz | *minnisōm | — | *minnisōnþai | *minnisōnþau |
2nd plural | *minnisōþ | *minnisōþ | *minnisōþ | *minnisōnþai | *minnisōnþau |
3rd plural | *minnisōnþi | *minnisōn | *minnisōnþau | *minnisōnþai | *minnisōnþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *minnisōdǭ | *minnisōdēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *minnisōdēz | *minnisōdēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *minnisōdē | *minnisōdēdī | |||
1st dual | *minnisōdēdū | *minnisōdēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *minnisōdēdudiz | *minnisōdēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *minnisōdēdum | *minnisōdēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *minnisōdēdud | *minnisōdēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *minnisōdēdun | *minnisōdēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *minnisōndz | *minnisōdaz |
Descendants
- Old English: minsian; ġeminsian
- Middle English: minsen, mincen
- Scots: minch, minsch
- English: minse, mince
- Middle English: minsen, mincen
- Old Saxon: minsōn
- Frankish: *minsōn
- Old Dutch: minson; giminson
- → Old French: mincer, mincier (possibly)
- Middle French: mincer
- French: mincer
- Middle French: mincer
- Old High German: minsōn
- Old Norse: *minsa, *minska
- Icelandic: minnka (?)
- Swedish: minska
- Norwegian: minske
- Danish: mindske