Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/muntijan

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-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

*muntijan

to intend
to take aim

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*muntijan
1st sg. past	*muntidā
Infinitive	*muntijan
Genitive infin.	*muntijannjas
Dative infin.	*muntijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*muntijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*muntiju	*muntidā
2nd singular	*muntisi	muntidēs, muntidōs
3rd singular	*muntiþi	muntidē, muntidā
1st plural	*muntijum	*muntidum
2nd plural	*muntiþ	*muntidud
3rd plural	*muntijanþ	*muntidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*muntijē	*muntidī
2nd singular	*muntijēs	*muntidī
3rd singular	*muntijē	*muntidī
1st plural	*muntijēm	*muntidīm
2nd plural	*muntijēþ	*muntidīd
3rd plural	*muntijēn	*muntidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*munti
Plural	*muntiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*muntijandī	*muntid

Descendants

Old English: myntan
- Middle English: mynten, minten, munten
  - English: mint (dialectal)
  - Scots: mint
Old Frisian: *muntia
- West Frisian: muntsje, mintsje (possibly from Dutch)
Old Saxon: *muntian
- Middle Low German: münten
  - German Low German: münten
Old Dutch: *munten
- Middle Dutch: munten
  - Dutch: munten
    - Afrikaans: munt
    - → Danish: mønte
Old High German: *munzen
- Middle High German: münzen
  - German: münzen