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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *metaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_metaną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_ine-x-proto_med" xml:lang="ine-x-proto" type="etymon">
          <orth>*med-</orth>
          <def>to measure</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_metana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/metaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>metaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈme.tɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛗᛖᛏᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 5</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to measure</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European <mentioned xml:lang="ine-x-proto" target="#cog_ine-x-proto_med"><ref target="#cog_ine-x-proto_med">*med-</ref></mentioned> (‘to measure’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>metō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>metaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>metai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>mitizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>metaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>met</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>metazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>metaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>mitidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>metai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>metadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>metadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>metaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>metōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>metaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>metadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>metaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>metadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>metamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>metaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>metandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>metaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>mitid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>metaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>mitid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>metandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>metaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>metandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>metain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>metandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>metandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>metaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>mat</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>mētį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>mast</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>mētīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>mat</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>mētī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>mētū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>mētīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>mētudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>mētīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>mētum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>mētīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>mētud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>mētīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>mētun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>mētīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>metandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>metanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>metaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
          <re type="descendants">
            <list>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*metan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>metan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>meten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>meten</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>maete</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*metan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>metan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>meten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>mete</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>mete, meit</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*metan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>meta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>meete</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>mjitte, ôfmjitte</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*metan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>mezzan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>mezzen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>messen</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>miessen</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                        <orth>מעסטן (mestn)</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*metan</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>metan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>meten</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>meten</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>meta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>mät åv</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>meta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>meta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                    <orth>meta</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Scanian</lang>
                    <orth>meda, máda, máttas</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>meta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>mætæ</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>måde</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>meta</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>mæta, miæta</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>mäta</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (mitan)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*mët'ëldak</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
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