Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maidaz

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯.ðɑz/

Etymology 1

    From Pre-Germanic *moyth₂ós, an o-grade adjective from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to hurt”).

    Adjective

    *maidaz

    1. hurt, wounded
    2. mad, foolish
    3. angry, enraged
    Inflection
    Declension of *maidaz (a-stem)
    Strong declension
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *maidaz *maidō *maidą, -atō *maidai *maidôz *maidō
    accusative *maidanǭ *maidǭ *maidą, -atō *maidanz *maidōz *maidō
    genitive *maidas, -is *maidaizōz *maidas, -is *maidaizǫ̂ *maidaizǫ̂ *maidaizǫ̂
    dative *maidammai *maidaizōi *maidammai *maidaimaz *maidaimaz *maidaimaz
    instrumental *maidanō *maidaizō *maidanō *maidaimiz *maidaimiz *maidaimiz
    Weak declension
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative *maidô *maidǭ *maidô *maidaniz *maidōniz *maidōnō
    accusative *maidanų *maidōnų *maidô *maidanunz *maidōnunz *maidōnō
    genitive *maidiniz *maidōniz *maidiniz *maidanǫ̂ *maidōnǫ̂ *maidanǫ̂
    dative *maidini *maidōni *maidini *maidammaz *maidōmaz *maidammaz
    instrumental *maidinē *maidōnē *maidinē *maidammiz *maidōmiz *maidammiz
    Descendants
    • Old English: ġemād
    • Old Saxon: gimēd
      • Middle Low German: gemeit, gemeyt
    • Old Dutch: *gimeid
      • Middle Dutch: gemeit, gemeet
    • Old High German: gimeit
      • Middle High German: gemeit
        • German: gemeit
    • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (gamaiþs)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Indo-European *mey-.[1]

      Noun

      *maidaz m

      1. stake, pole
      Inflection
      Declension of *maidaz (masculine a-stem)
      singular plural
      nominative *maidaz *maidōz, *maidōs
      vocative *maid *maidōz, *maidōs
      accusative *maidą *maidanz
      genitive *maidas, *maidis *maidǫ̂
      dative *maidai *maidamaz
      instrumental *maidō *maidamiz
      Descendants
      References
      1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “maida-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
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