Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtijaną

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

From *mōtą +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mōtijaną

to meet, encounter

Inflection

Conjugation of *mōtijaną (weak class 1)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*mōtijō	*mōtijaų	—	*mōtijai	*?
2nd singular	*mōtīsi	*mōtijais	*mōtī	*mōtijasai	*mōtijaisau
3rd singular	*mōtīþi	*mōtijai	*mōtijaþau	*mōtijaþai	*mōtijaiþau
1st dual	*mōtijōs	*mōtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mōtijaþiz	*mōtijaiþiz	*mōtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mōtijamaz	*mōtijaim	—	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau
2nd plural	*mōtīþ	*mōtijaiþ	*mōtīþ	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau
3rd plural	*mōtijanþi	*mōtijain	*mōtijanþau	*mōtijanþai	*mōtijainþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mōtidǭ	*mōtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mōtidēz	*mōtidēdīz
3rd singular	*mōtidē	*mōtidēdī
1st dual	*mōtidēdū	*mōtidēdīw
2nd dual	*mōtidēdudiz	*mōtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mōtidēdum	*mōtidēdīm
2nd plural	*mōtidēdud	*mōtidēdīd
3rd plural	*mōtidēdun	*mōtidēdīn

	present	past
participles	*mōtijandz	*mōtidaz

Descendants

Old English: mētan
- Middle English: meten, meeten
  - Scots: met, mete, meit, meet
  - English: meet
Old Frisian: mēta
- North Frisian: mete
- Saterland Frisian: mäite
- West Frisian: moetsje
Old Saxon: mōtjan, mōtian
- Middle Low German: moten; entmōten
  - Low German: möten
Old Dutch: *muoten
- Middle Dutch: moeten; gemoeten; entmuten, untmuten, ontmoeten
  - Dutch: ontmoeten, gemoeten
Old High German: muozen
- Middle High German: muozen
Old Norse: mœta
- Icelandic: mæta
- Faroese: møta
- Norwegian: møte
- Old Swedish: mø̄ta
  - Swedish: möta
- Old Danish: møtæ
  - Danish: møde
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamōtjan)