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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *mōtǭ (“leisure, idleness, opportunity”) (compare German Muße (“leisure”)), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
Verb
*mōtōną
- to be idle, at leisure
- to be available, unrestricted
Inflection
Conjugation of *mōtōną (weak class 2)
active voice | passive voice | ||||
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present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
1st singular | *mōtō | *mōtǭ | — | *mōtōi | *? |
2nd singular | *mōtōsi | *mōtōs | *mōtō | *mōtōsai | *mōtōsau |
3rd singular | *mōtōþi | *mōtō | *mōtōþau | *mōtōþai | *mōtōþau |
1st dual | *mōtōs | *mōtōw | — | — | — |
2nd dual | *mōtōþiz | *mōtōþiz | *mōtōþiz | — | — |
1st plural | *mōtōmaz | *mōtōm | — | *mōtōnþai | *mōtōnþau |
2nd plural | *mōtōþ | *mōtōþ | *mōtōþ | *mōtōnþai | *mōtōnþau |
3rd plural | *mōtōnþi | *mōtōn | *mōtōnþau | *mōtōnþai | *mōtōnþau |
past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
1st singular | *mōtōdǭ | *mōtōdēdį̄ | |||
2nd singular | *mōtōdēz | *mōtōdēdīz | |||
3rd singular | *mōtōdē | *mōtōdēdī | |||
1st dual | *mōtōdēdū | *mōtōdēdīw | |||
2nd dual | *mōtōdēdudiz | *mōtōdēdīdiz | |||
1st plural | *mōtōdēdum | *mōtōdēdīm | |||
2nd plural | *mōtōdēdud | *mōtōdēdīd | |||
3rd plural | *mōtōdēdun | *mōtōdēdīn | |||
present | past | ||||
participles | *mōtōndz | *mōtōdaz |
Related terms
- *mōtaną
Descendants
- Old Frisian: [Term?]
- West Frisian: moezje
- Frankish: *mōtōn, *gimōtōn
- → Vulgar Latin: *musō, *amusō (see there for further descendants)
- Old High German: muozōn, gimuozōn
- Middle High German: muozen, gemuozen