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Proto-Germanic: *maidian-, *ga-maida-, *midēn-
Meaning: injure
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: *ga-maiɵ-s (-d-) (a) `crippled, oppressed'
Old Norse: meiδa wk. `verletzen, schaden'
Norwegian: meida vb.
Old English: ge-mād `verrückt, töricht'; mǟdan `verrückt machen', āmidian `töricht sein'
English: mad
Old Saxon: gi-mēd `töricht, übermütig'
Old High German: { gi-meit `vanus, obtusus, stultus, contumax, jactans' }
Middle High German: gemeit adj. 'lebensfroh, freudig, froh, vergnügt; keck, wacker, tüchtig; lieblich, schön; lieb, angenehm mit'; meidem, meiden st. m. 'männliches pferd, hengst od. wallach'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *mait- (-th-)
Meaning: to injure
Old Indian: methati `to kill' (Dhātup.)
Germanic: *maid-ian- vb., *ga-maid-a- adj., *mid-ē- vb.
Celtic: *mail- > Ir mael `kahl, stumpf, ohne Hörner'; OCymr mail `mutilum', Cymr moel `calvus, glaber'
Russ. meaning: телесно повреждать
References: WP II 222 f
Comments: Cf. *muti- / *mitu-.
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