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*maiz (adjective *maizô, superlative *maist)

  1. more, to a greater degree

Usage notes[edit]

This word is not directly the comparative of any other term. Instead, various adverbial formations are used to express the positive degree.

Derived terms[edit]

Final *-z was regularly lost in monosyllables in the northern West Germanic languages, so that forms without final -r are found in these languages. However, it was generally restored later by analogy with the adjective *maizô, which had retained it.