Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mētō

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

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Noun

*mētō f

1. measure
2. size

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *mētō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mētō	*mētôz
vocative	*mētō	*mētôz
accusative	*mētǭ	*mētōz
genitive	*mētōz	*mētǫ̂
dative	*mētōi	*mētōmaz
instrumental	*mētō	*mētōmiz

Related terms

• *metaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mātu
  • Old Frisian: mēte
    • Saterland Frisian: Mäite
    • West Frisian: mjitte
  • Old Saxon: *māta
    • Middle Low German: mâte, mât
      • German Low German: Maat n
  • Old Dutch: *māta
    • Middle Dutch: mâte
      • Dutch: maat
      • Limburgish: maot
  • Old High German: māza
    • Middle High German: māz
      • German: Maß
      • Hunsrik: Mos
      • Luxembourgish: Mooss
      • Yiddish: מאָס (mos)
• → Proto-Finnic: *mëëtto (see there for further descendants)