*mōtaną

Runic: ᛗᛟᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Preterite-present

Meanings

to be allowed, to be permitted to, may

Etymology

A preterite-present derived from a secondary perfect of *mḗd-e-ti (‘to measure, ensure compliance, take care of’): *me-mṓd-e (literally “to have measured, taken care of”). Alternatively, from the same root as *mōtą (‘meeting’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	mōt	mōtį̄	–
2nd singular	mōst	mōtīz	–
3rd singular	mōt	mōtī	–
1st dual	mōtū	mōtīw	–
2nd dual	mōtudiz	mōtīdiz	–
1st plural	mōtum	mōtīm	–
2nd plural	mōtud	mōtīd	–
3rd plural	mōtun	mōtīn	–

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	–	–
2nd singular	–	–
3rd singular	–	–
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	–	–
2nd plural	–	–
3rd plural	–	–

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	mōsǭ	mōsēdį̄
2nd singular	mōsēz	mōsēdīz
3rd singular	mōsē	mōsēdī
1st dual	mōsēdū	mōsēdīw
2nd dual	mōsēdudiz	mōsēdīdiz
1st plural	mōsēdum	mōsēdīm
2nd plural	mōsēdud	mōsēdīd
3rd plural	mōsēdun	mōsēdīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
mōtaną	mōtandz	mōsaz

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Descendants

*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muotan (Old Dutch)
  - moeten (Middle Dutch)
    - mótte (Limburgish)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muotan (Old Dutch)
  - moeten (Middle Dutch)
    - moeten (Dutch)
      - moet (Afrikaans)
      - mu, muti (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - moet, moe, mo, mut (Negerhollands)
      - moe (Sranan Tongo)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōtan (Old English)
  - moten (Middle English)
    - mote (English)
    - mote, mot, moit (Scots)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōtan (Old English)
  - mōste (Old English)
    - moste (Middle English)
      - must (English)
      - moste, most, moist (Scots)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōt (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - moute (Saterland Frisian)
  - moatte (West Frisian)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muozan (Old High German)
  - muozen, müezen (Middle High German)
    - müese, müesse (Alemannic German)
    - miassn (Bavarian)
    - müssen (German)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - מוזן (muzn) (Yiddish)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muozan (Old High German)
  - muozen, müezen (Middle High German)
    - mösse, mosse, moße, misse, mieße, muße (Central Franconian)
      - misse (Hunsrik)
      - mussen (Luxembourgish)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muozan (Old High German)
  - muozen, müezen (Middle High German)
    - musiti, musěti (Old Czech)
      - musit, muset (Czech)
      - musieť (Slovak)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muozan (Old High German)
  - muozen, müezen (Middle High German)
    - musiti, musěti (Old Czech)
      - musieć, musić (Old Polish)
        
        musieć (Silesian)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muozan (Old High German)
  - muozen, müezen (Middle High German)
    - musiti, musěti (Old Czech)
      - musieć, musić (Old Polish)
        
        мусити (musiti), мусѣти (musěti), мусꙗти (musjati) (Old Ruthenian)
        
        му́сіць (músicʹ) (Belarusian)
        
        му́сити (músyty) (Ukrainian)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- muozan (Old High German)
  - muozen, müezen (Middle High German)
    - musiti, musěti (Old Czech)
      - musieć, musić (Old Polish)
        
        musieć, musić (Polish)
        
        mùszec (Kashubian)
        
        mùszec (Slovincian)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōtan (Old Saxon)
  - môten, moste (Middle Low German)
    - möten (German Low German)
*mōtan (Proto-West Germanic)
- mōtan (Old Saxon)
  - môten, moste (Middle Low German)
    - most (Old Swedish)
      - måste (Swedish)
𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gamōtan) (Gothic)

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