Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mainą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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.nɑ̃/

Noun

*mainą n

damage, hurt
unjustice, sin

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *mainą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mainą	*mainō
vocative	*mainą	*mainō
accusative	*mainą	*mainō
genitive	mainas, mainis	*mainǫ̂
dative	*mainai	*mainamaz
instrumental	*mainō	*mainamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: mān; mānāþ (compounded with *aiþaz); mānswerian
- Middle English: man, mon; manað, mon-oð; mansweren
  - English: manswear
  - Scots: mansweir
Old Frisian: mēn; *mēnēth (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Saterland Frisian: Meeneed
- West Frisian: meineed
Old Saxon: mēn; mēnēth (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Middle Low German: mênêde, meinnêt
  - German Low German: Meeneed
Old Dutch: *mēn, *mein; *mēnēth (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Middle Dutch: mên, mein; meynede, meeneet
  - Dutch: meineed
Old High German: mein; meineid (compounded with *aiþaz)
- Middle High German: mein; meineit
  - German: Meineid
Old Norse: mein
- Icelandic: mein
- Faroese: mein
- Old Swedish: mēn
  - Swedish: men
- Danish: men
- Norwegian: men, mein
→ Proto-Samic:
- Northern Sami: máidni
- Southern Sami: maejnie

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