Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/metan

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 *metaną.

Verb

*metan

to measure

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive	*metan
1st sg. past	*mat
3rd pl. past	*mātun
Past ptcple	*metan
Infinitive	*metan
Genitive infin.	*metannjas
Dative infin.	*metannjē
Instrum. infin.	*metannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*metu	*mat
2nd singular	*mitiʀi	*mātī
3rd singular	*mitidi	*mat
1st plural	*metum	*mātum
2nd plural	*mitid	*mātud
3rd plural	*metand	*mātun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*metē	*mātī
2nd singular	*metēs	*mātī
3rd singular	*metē	*mātī
1st plural	*metēm	*mātīm
2nd plural	*metēþ	*mātīd
3rd plural	*metēn	*mātīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*met
Plural	*mitid
	Present	Past
Participle	*metandī	*metan

Related terms

*mātī
*mātu

Descendants

Old English: metan
- Middle English: meten
  - Scots: mete, meit
  - English: mete
Old Frisian: meta
- Saterland Frisian: meete
- West Frisian: mjitte (>ôfmjitte)
Old Saxon: metan
- Middle Low German: meten
  - Low German: meten
Old Dutch: metan
- Middle Dutch: mēten
  - Dutch: meten
  - Limburgish: maete
Old High German: mezzan
- Middle High German: mezzen
  - German: messen
  - Luxembourgish: miessen