"mōtan" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See mōtan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*mōtaną}} Proto-Germanic *mōtaną Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *mōtan
  1. to be allowed, to be permitted to, may Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-mōtan-gmw-pro-verb-cXm~cJU6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "mōtan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: mōtan\nMiddle English: moten\nScots: mote, mot, moit\nEnglish: mote\n⇒ Old English: mōste (preterite)\nMiddle English: moste\nScots: moste, most, moist\nEnglish: must",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: mōtan\nMiddle English: moten\nScots: mote, mot, moit\nEnglish: mote\n⇒ Old English: mōste (preterite)\nMiddle English: moste\nScots: moste, most, moist\nEnglish: must"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "mōt",
            "pos": "present tense"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: mōt (present tense)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: mōt (present tense)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "moute"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: moute",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: moute"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "moatte"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: moatte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: moatte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "mōtan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: mōtan\nMiddle Low German: môten, moste (past)\nGerman Low German: möten\n→ Old Swedish: most (late)\nSwedish: måste",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: mōtan\nMiddle Low German: môten, moste (past)\nGerman Low German: möten\n→ Old Swedish: most (late)\nSwedish: måste"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "muotan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: muotan\nMiddle Dutch: moeten\nDutch: moeten\nAfrikaans: moet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mu, muti\nNegerhollands: moet, moe, mo, mut\n→ Sranan Tongo: moe\nLimburgish: mótte",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: muotan\nMiddle Dutch: moeten\nDutch: moeten\nAfrikaans: moet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mu, muti\nNegerhollands: moet, moe, mo, mut\n→ Sranan Tongo: moe\nLimburgish: mótte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "muozan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: muozan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: muozan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "muozen",
            "3": "müezen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: muozen, müezen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: muozen, müezen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "müese",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: müese, müesse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: müese, müesse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bar",
            "2": "miassn"
          },
          "expansion": "Bavarian: miassn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bavarian: miassn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cim",
            "2": "missan"
          },
          "expansion": "Cimbrian: missan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cimbrian: missan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "mösse"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: mösse, mosse, moße (Ripuarian; older forms), misse, mieße, muße, moße (Moselle Franconian)\nHunsrik: misse\nLuxembourgish: mussen",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: mösse, mosse, moße (Ripuarian; older forms), misse, mieße, muße, moße (Moselle Franconian)\nHunsrik: misse\nLuxembourgish: mussen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "müssen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: müssen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: müssen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-rfr",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Rhine Franconian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rhine Franconian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdc",
            "2": "misse"
          },
          "expansion": "Pennsylvania German: misse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pennsylvania German: misse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "מוזן"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: מוזן (muzn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: מוזן (muzn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "musiti",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: musiti, musěti\nCzech: musit, muset\n→ Old Polish: musieć, musić\nPolish: musieć, musić (Middle Polish)\n→ Kashubian: mùszec\n→ Slovincian: mùszec\nSilesian: musieć\n→ Old Ruthenian: мусити (musiti), мусѣти (musěti), мусꙗти (musjati)\nBelarusian: му́сіць (músicʹ)\nUkrainian: му́сити (músyty)\n→ Slovak: musieť",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: musiti, musěti\nCzech: musit, muset\n→ Old Polish: musieć, musić\nPolish: musieć, musić (Middle Polish)\n→ Kashubian: mùszec\n→ Slovincian: mùszec\nSilesian: musieć\n→ Old Ruthenian: мусити (musiti), мусѣти (musěti), мусꙗти (musjati)\nBelarusian: му́сіць (músicʹ)\nUkrainian: му́сити (músyty)\n→ Slovak: musieť"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mōtaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mōtaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *mōtaną.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*mōtan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōtan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "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": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be allowed, to be permitted to, may"
      ],
      "id": "en-mōtan-gmw-pro-verb-cXm~cJU6",
      "links": [
        [
          "allowed",
          "allowed"
        ],
        [
          "permitted",
          "permitted"
        ],
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mōtan"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "mōtan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: mōtan\nMiddle English: moten\nScots: mote, mot, moit\nEnglish: mote\n⇒ Old English: mōste (preterite)\nMiddle English: moste\nScots: moste, most, moist\nEnglish: must",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: mōtan\nMiddle English: moten\nScots: mote, mot, moit\nEnglish: mote\n⇒ Old English: mōste (preterite)\nMiddle English: moste\nScots: moste, most, moist\nEnglish: must"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "mōt",
            "pos": "present tense"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: mōt (present tense)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: mōt (present tense)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "moute"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: moute",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: moute"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "moatte"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: moatte",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: moatte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "mōtan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: mōtan\nMiddle Low German: môten, moste (past)\nGerman Low German: möten\n→ Old Swedish: most (late)\nSwedish: måste",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: mōtan\nMiddle Low German: môten, moste (past)\nGerman Low German: möten\n→ Old Swedish: most (late)\nSwedish: måste"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "muotan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: muotan\nMiddle Dutch: moeten\nDutch: moeten\nAfrikaans: moet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mu, muti\nNegerhollands: moet, moe, mo, mut\n→ Sranan Tongo: moe\nLimburgish: mótte",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: muotan\nMiddle Dutch: moeten\nDutch: moeten\nAfrikaans: moet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: mu, muti\nNegerhollands: moet, moe, mo, mut\n→ Sranan Tongo: moe\nLimburgish: mótte"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "muozan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: muozan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: muozan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "muozen",
            "3": "müezen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: muozen, müezen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: muozen, müezen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gsw",
            "2": "müese",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: müese, müesse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: müese, müesse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bar",
            "2": "miassn"
          },
          "expansion": "Bavarian: miassn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bavarian: miassn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cim",
            "2": "missan"
          },
          "expansion": "Cimbrian: missan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cimbrian: missan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-cfr",
            "2": "mösse"
          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: mösse, mosse, moße (Ripuarian; older forms), misse, mieße, muße, moße (Moselle Franconian)\nHunsrik: misse\nLuxembourgish: mussen",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: mösse, mosse, moße (Ripuarian; older forms), misse, mieße, muße, moße (Moselle Franconian)\nHunsrik: misse\nLuxembourgish: mussen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "müssen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: müssen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: müssen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-rfr",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Rhine Franconian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Rhine Franconian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pdc",
            "2": "misse"
          },
          "expansion": "Pennsylvania German: misse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pennsylvania German: misse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "מוזן"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: מוזן (muzn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: מוזן (muzn)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zlw-ocs",
            "2": "musiti",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Czech: musiti, musěti\nCzech: musit, muset\n→ Old Polish: musieć, musić\nPolish: musieć, musić (Middle Polish)\n→ Kashubian: mùszec\n→ Slovincian: mùszec\nSilesian: musieć\n→ Old Ruthenian: мусити (musiti), мусѣти (musěti), мусꙗти (musjati)\nBelarusian: му́сіць (músicʹ)\nUkrainian: му́сити (músyty)\n→ Slovak: musieť",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Czech: musiti, musěti\nCzech: musit, muset\n→ Old Polish: musieć, musić\nPolish: musieć, musić (Middle Polish)\n→ Kashubian: mùszec\n→ Slovincian: mùszec\nSilesian: musieć\n→ Old Ruthenian: мусити (musiti), мусѣти (musěti), мусꙗти (musjati)\nBelarusian: му́сіць (músicʹ)\nUkrainian: му́сити (músyty)\n→ Slovak: musieť"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mōtaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mōtaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *mōtaną.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*mōtan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōtan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic preterite-present verbs",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be allowed, to be permitted to, may"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "allowed",
          "allowed"
        ],
        [
          "permitted",
          "permitted"
        ],
        [
          "may",
          "may"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mōtan"
}

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