Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/matiz

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

An ablaut variant of the root *mēs-, mōs, usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to drip, ooze; grease, fat”). Contrary to Pokorny and followers, Kroonen separates the Germanic food words from this root, instead linking Ancient Greek μεστός (mestós, “full”) for a root *med- (“to satiate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.tiz/

Noun

*matiz m

1. food

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *matiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*matiz	*matīz
vocative	*mati	*matīz
accusative	*matį	*matinz
genitive	*matīz	*matjǫ̂
dative	*matī	*matimaz
instrumental	*matī	*matimiz

Related terms

• *mastaz (“fruit (of a forest tree)”)
• *mōsą

Derived terms

• *matibalgiz
• (*matisahsą, *matizahsą >) Proto-West Germanic: *matisahs, *matiʀahs
• *matją
• *matjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mati
  • Old English: mete, met, mett, mette
    • Middle English: mete, mæte, meet, meete, mette
      • English: meat
      • Scots: mete, met, meit, mait
      • Yola: maate, met
  • Old Frisian: mete, meit, met
    • North Frisian: meet
  • Old Saxon: meti, mat
    • Middle Low German: met
      • Low German: met, Mett
      • → German: Mett
  • Old Dutch: *mat, *meti
    • Middle Dutch: met
      • Dutch: met
  • Old High German: maz
    • Middle High German: maz
• Old Norse: matr
  • Icelandic: matur
  • Faroese: matur
  • Norn: mader
  • Norwegian: mat
  • Old Swedish: mater
    • Swedish: mat
  • Danish: mad
  • Gutnish: mat
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍄𐍃 (mats)

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “mad-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 694–695