Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōs

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mōsą.

Noun[edit]

*mōs n[1]

  1. wet food, mush, porridge
    Synonym: *brīw

Inflection[edit]

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *mōs
Genitive *mōsas
Singular Plural
Nominative *mōs *mōsu
Accusative *mōs *mōsu
Genitive *mōsas *mōsō
Dative *mōsē *mōsum
Instrumental *mōsu *mōsum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Old English: mōs
  • Old Frisian: mōs
  • Old Saxon: *mōs
    • Middle Low German: môs
  • Old Dutch: muos
  • Old High German: muos

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227:PWGmc *mōs