Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mahtijaną

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 *mahtiz (“power, might”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑx.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*mahtijaną

1. to empower, to strengthen
2. to use force, to act violently

Inflection

Conjugation of *mahtijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mahtijō	*mahtijaų	—	*mahtijai	?
2nd singular	*mahtīsi	*mahtijais	*mahtī	*mahtijasai	*mahtijaisau
3rd singular	*mahtīþi	*mahtijai	*mahtijaþau	*mahtijaþai	*mahtijaiþau
1st dual	*mahtijōs	*mahtijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*mahtijaþiz	*mahtijaiþiz	*mahtijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*mahtijamaz	*mahtijaim	—	*mahtijanþai	*mahtijainþau
2nd plural	*mahtīþ	*mahtijaiþ	*mahtīþ	*mahtijanþai	*mahtijainþau
3rd plural	*mahtijanþi	*mahtijain	*mahtijanþau	*mahtijanþai	*mahtijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*mahtidǭ	*mahtidēdį̄
2nd singular	*mahtidēz	*mahtidēdīz
3rd singular	*mahtidē	*mahtidēdī
1st dual	*mahtidēdū	*mahtidēdīw
2nd dual	*mahtidēdudiz	*mahtidēdīdiz
1st plural	*mahtidēdum	*mahtidēdīm
2nd plural	*mahtidēdud	*mahtidēdīd
3rd plural	*mahtidēdun	*mahtidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*mahtijandz	*mahtidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mahtijan
  • Old English: *mihtan
    • Middle English: mighten
  • Old Saxon: *mahtian
    • Middle Low German: mechten
  • Old Dutch: *mahten
    • Middle Dutch: machten
• Gothic: *𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*mahtjan)
  • ⇒ Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (anamahtjan)