"-mō" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See -mō in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *-mô, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*-mô}} Proto-Germanic *-mô, {{inh|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*-mō}} Proto-Indo-European *-mō Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} *-mō m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-an}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -mō [nominative, singular], -man [nominative, plural], -man [accusative, singular], -man [accusative, plural], -mini [genitive, singular], -man [genitive, singular], -manō [genitive, plural], -mini [dative, singular], -man [dative, singular], -mum [dative, plural], -mini [instrumental, singular], -man [instrumental, singular], -mum [instrumental, plural]
  1. (rare) Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument. Tags: masculine, morpheme, rare, reconstruction
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "-ma"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: -ma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: -ma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "-me",
            "3": "-tme",
            "qq": "literary"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "-mo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: -mo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: -mo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "-mo",
            "3": "-amo",
            "4": "-emo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-mô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-mô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-mō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-mō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *-mô, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-manō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*-mō m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-an"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-mō",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument."
      ],
      "id": "en--mō-gmw-pro-suffix-6qPeJUxy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "rare",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-mō"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "-ma"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: -ma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: -ma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "-me",
            "3": "-tme",
            "qq": "literary"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: -me, -tme (literary)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "-mo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: -mo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: -mo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "-mo",
            "3": "-amo",
            "4": "-emo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: -mo, -amo, -emo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-mô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-mô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-mō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-mō",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *-mô, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-an",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine an-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-manō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mini",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-man",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*-mō m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-an"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-mō",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine an-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic noun-forming suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic rare terms",
        "Proto-West Germanic suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Forms abstract nouns from verbs, denoting a quality, state, or instrument."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "rare",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-mō"
}

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