Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōtą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Old Armenian մատչիմ (matčʻim, “to approach”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.tɑ̃/

Noun

*mōtą n

  1. meeting

Inflection

Declension of *mōtą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mōtą *mōtō
vocative *mōtą *mōtō
accusative *mōtą *mōtō
genitive *mōtas, *mōtis *mōtǫ̂
dative *mōtai *mōtamaz
instrumental *mōtō *mōtamiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: *mōt, ġemōt
  • Old Saxon: mōt, muot
  • Old Dutch: *muot
  • Old High German: *muoz, *muozi
    • Middle High German: muoz
  • Old Norse: mót
    • Icelandic: mót
    • Faroese: mót
    • Norwegian: mot
    • Old Swedish: mōt
      • Swedish: emot, mot (“towards, against”)
    • Danish: imod, mod (“towards, against”)
    • → Scottish Gaelic: mòd
  • ⇒ Old Norse: *mœti (< *mōtiją)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mōtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
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