Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mētō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Noun

*mētō f

measure
size

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *mētō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mētō	*mētôz
vocative	*mētō	*mētôz
accusative	*mētǭ	*mētōz
genitive	*mētōz	*mētǫ̂
dative	*mētōi	*mētōmaz
instrumental	*mētō	*mētōmiz

Related terms

*metaną

Descendants

Old Frisian: mēte
- West Frisian: mjitte
Old Dutch: *māta
- Middle Dutch: mate
  - Dutch: maat (< earlier mate)
Old High German: māza
- Middle High German: māz
  - German: Maß
  - Luxembourgish: Mooss
  - Yiddish: מאָס‎ (mos)