Guess the Word in Germanic Conlangs

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From *mēþiz?

No.

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Hints:
Final <z> was neither originally final, nor *z.
<o> was not present in PGmc but is derived from a sound that was.
It is composed of two morphemes, neither of which is a case ending.

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Is <z> the reflex of a fricative in Proto-Germanic, including the fricative realizations of the voiced stops?

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Is <z> the reflex of a fricative in Proto-Germanic, including the fricative realizations of the voiced stops?

Yes.

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*s?

[spanick]

*s?

No.

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*d?

[spanick]

No. Splitting the difference it was *þ

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Was <o> derived from a short monophthong?

[spanick]

Was <o> derived from a short monophthong?

No.

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A diphthong?

[spanick]

A diphthong?

No. <o> doesn't descend from a vowel

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From *w?

[spanick]

From *w?

No. Although the consonant it does derive from is quite commonly vocalized in many languages including varieties of English.

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*l?

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*l?

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Can the word be split as meo-dziz?

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Can the word be split as meo-dziz?

Not quite

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meod-ziz?

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meod-ziz?

meodz-iz