Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to cause toil, be a burden”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōjaną

to tire

Inflection

Conjugation of *mōjaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*mōjō	*mōjaų	—	*mōjai	?
2nd singular	*mōisi	*mōjais	*mōi	*mōjasai	*mōjaisau
3rd singular	*mōiþi	*mōjai	*mōjaþau	*mōjaþai	*mōjaiþau
1st dual	*mōjōs	*mōjaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mōjaþiz	*mōjaiþiz	*mōjaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mōjamaz	*mōjaim	—	*mōjanþai	*mōjainþau
2nd plural	*mōiþ	*mōjaiþ	*mōiþ	*mōjanþai	*mōjainþau
3rd plural	*mōjanþi	*mōjain	*mōjanþau	*mōjanþai	*mōjainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōidǭ	*mōidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mōidēz	*mōidēdīz
3rd singular	*mōidē	*mōidēdī
1st dual	*mōidēdū	*mōidēdīw
2nd dual	*mōidēdudiz	*mōidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mōidēdum	*mōidēdīm
2nd plural	*mōidēdud	*mōidēdīd
3rd plural	*mōidēdun	*mōidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*mōjandz	*mōidaz

Related terms

*mōþuz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mōjan
- Old Frisian: mōia
  - Saterland Frisian: möie
  - West Frisian: muoie
- Old Saxon: *mōian
  - Middle Low German: mōien, möien
    - German Low German: möjen
- Old Dutch: *muojan
  - Middle Dutch: moeyen
    - Dutch: moeien
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: moeyte
      - Dutch: moeite
- Old High German: muojan, muoen
  - Middle High German: muon, müen, müewen, müejen
    - German: mühen
Gothic: *𐌼𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*mōjan) (in derivatives: 𐌰𐍆𐌼𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (afmōjan))

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN