Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/muskiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *muskaz (“moisture”), from Proto-Indo-European *mews-, *mūs- (“moist, damp; swamp, moss, mildew”).

Noun

*muskiz f

1. mildew, mould

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *muskiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*muskiz	*muskīz
vocative	*muski	*muskīz
accusative	*muskį	*muskinz
genitive	*muskīz	*muskijǫ̂
dative	*muskī	*muskimaz
instrumental	*muskī	*muskimiz

Descendants

• Old Dutch: *muski, *musk
  • Middle Dutch: mosch, mosse
• Old Norse: *muskr
  • Norwegian: musk
  • Danish: musk