*metaną

Runic: ᛗᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈme.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 5

Meanings

to measure

From Proto-Indo-European *med- (‘to measure’).

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	metō	metaų	–
2nd singular	mitizi	metaiz	met
3rd singular	mitidi	metai	metadau
1st dual	metōz	metaiw	–
2nd dual	metadiz	metaidiz	metadiz
1st plural	metamaz	metaim	–
2nd plural	mitid	metaid	mitid
3rd plural	metandi	metain	metandau

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
metaną	metandz	metanaz

*metan (Proto-West Germanic)
- metan (Old Dutch)
  - meten (Middle Dutch)
    - meten (Dutch)
    - maete (Limburgish)
*metan (Proto-West Germanic)
- metan (Old English)
  - meten (Middle English)
    - mete (English)
    - mete, meit (Scots)
*metan (Proto-West Germanic)
- meta (Old Frisian)
  - meete (Saterland Frisian)
  - mjitte, ôfmjitte (West Frisian)
*metan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mezzan (Old High German)
  - mezzen (Middle High German)
    - messen (German)
    - miessen (Luxembourgish)
    - מעסטן (mestn) (Yiddish)
*metan (Proto-West Germanic)
- metan (Old Saxon)
  - meten (Middle Low German)
    - meten (Low German)
meta (Old Norse)
- mät åv (Elfdalian)
- meta (Faroese)
- meta (Icelandic)
- meta (Norwegian)
- meda, máda, máttas (Scanian)
meta (Old Norse)
- mætæ (Old Danish)
  - måde (Danish)
meta (Old Norse)
- mæta, miæta (Old Swedish)
  - mäta (Swedish)
𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (mitan) (Gothic)
*mët'ëldak (Proto-Finnic)