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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *mētiz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_mētiz</idno>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_metiz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mētiz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>mētiz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈmɛː.tiz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛗᛖᛏᛁᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">i-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>moderate, appropriate</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>appreciable, estimable</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Vṛddhi gerundive of *metaną (‘to measure’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētį, -jatō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētį, -jatō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijas, mētīs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijas, mētīs</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>mētijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>mētijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>mētijaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētijaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētijanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētijô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētijanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētijōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētīniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētijanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētīni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētijammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētīnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>mētijammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>mētijōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>mētijammiz</orth>
            </form>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*mātī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*mēte, met</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*mātī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*māti</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>mate</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*mātī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>mǣte</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>mete, meete</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*mātī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>māzi</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>mæze</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*mātī</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*māti</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>mâte</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>mætr</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>mætur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>mætur</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                    <orth>mæt</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>mæt</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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