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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēþwō
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *madwō
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *h₂méh₁tuh₂, *h₂mh₁twéh₂-, the latter giving *madwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛːθ.wɔː/
Noun
*mēþwō f
- meadow, pasture
Inflection
The original paradigm alternated *mēþw- against oblique *madw-.
| ō-stemDeclension of *mēþwō (ō-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *mēþwō | *mēþwôz | |
| vocative | *mēþwō | *mēþwôz | |
| accusative | *mēþwǭ | *mēþwōz | |
| genitive | *madwōz | *madwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *madwōi | *madwōmaz | |
| instrumental | *madwō | *madwōmiz | |
Related terms
- *mēaną
- *mēþą
Descendants
Anglo-Frisian shows the vowel of the nominative with the voiced Verner alternant consonant from the oblique.
- Old English: mǣd
- Middle English: medwe
- English: meadow
- Middle English: medwe
- Old Frisian: mēde
- Old Dutch: māda
- Middle Dutch: made
- Dutch: made
- Middle Dutch: made
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN