Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maiþm

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maiþmaz (“gift”).

Noun

*maiþm m[1]

treasure

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maiþm	maiþmō, maiþmōs
Accusative	*maiþm	*maiþmā
Genitive	*maiþmas	*maiþmō
Dative	*maiþmē	*maiþmum
Instrumental	*maiþmu	*maiþmum

Descendants

Old English: māþum, māþm
- Middle English: mathem, madme
- → English: mathum, mathom
Old Saxon: mēthom, mēþom
Old High German: *meidam
- Middle High German: meidem, meiden

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *maiþm ‘treasure’”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48: “PWGmc *maiþm ‘treasure’”