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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maitan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maitaną.
Verb
*maitan
- to cut off
Inflection
| Strong class 7a | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *maitan | |
| 1st sg. past | *mēt | |
| 3rd pl. past | *mētun | |
| Past ptcple | *maitan | |
| Infinitive | *maitan | |
| Genitive infin. | *maitannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *maitannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *maitannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *maitu | *mēt |
| 2nd singular | *maitiʀi | *mētī |
| 3rd singular | *maitidi | *mēt |
| 1st plural | *maitum | *mētum |
| 2nd plural | *maitid | *mētud |
| 3rd plural | *maitand | *mētun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *maitē | *mētī |
| 2nd singular | *maitēs | *mētī |
| 3rd singular | *maitē | *mētī |
| 1st plural | *maitēm | *mētīm |
| 2nd plural | *maitēþ | *mētīd |
| 3rd plural | *maitēn | *mētīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *mait | |
| Plural | *maitid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *maitandī | *maitan |
Descendants
- (Old English: mǣded, mǣdd, ġemǣded, ġemǣdd (ppt; adj))
- (Middle English: madd, medd, mad, med)
- (Scots: madde, mad)
- (English: mad)
- (Middle English: madd, medd, mad, med)
- Old High German: meizan
- Middle High German: meizen