Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/masōną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mh₃-s(é)h₂-, from *meh₃-. Related to *mōjaną (“to tire”) and *mōþuz (“tired, weary”). [1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.sɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*masōną
Inflection
The original paradigm likely consisted of two stem variants, *maz- in the singular and *mas- in the non-singular, which was quickly levelled in favour of the latter.
| active voice | passive voice | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive | |
| 1st singular | *masō | *masǭ | — | *masōi | ? | |
| 2nd singular | *masōsi | *masōs | *masō | *masōsai | *masōsau | |
| 3rd singular | *masōþi | *masō | *masōþau | *masōþai | *masōþau | |
| 1st dual | *masōs | *masōw | — | — | — | |
| 2nd dual | *masōþiz | *masōþiz | *masōþiz | — | — | |
| 1st plural | *masōmaz | *masōm | — | *masōnþai | *masōnþau | |
| 2nd plural | *masōþ | *masōþ | *masōþ | *masōnþai | *masōnþau | |
| 3rd plural | *masōnþi | *masōn | *masōnþau | *masōnþai | *masōnþau | |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| 1st singular | *masōdǭ | *masōdēdį̄ | ||||
| 2nd singular | *masōdēz | *masōdēdīz | ||||
| 3rd singular | *masōdē | *masōdēdī | ||||
| 1st dual | *masōdēdū | *masōdēdīw | ||||
| 2nd dual | *masōdēdudiz | *masōdēdīdiz | ||||
| 1st plural | *masōdēdum | *masōdēdīm | ||||
| 2nd plural | *masōdēdud | *masōdēdīd | ||||
| 3rd plural | *masōdēdun | *masōdēdīn | ||||
| present | past | |||||
| participles | *masōndz | *masōdaz | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *masōn
- Old Norse: masa