Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiskaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *maikskaz, *maihskaz

Etymology

From earlier *maihskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *moiḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂-, from *meyḱ- (“mix”).

Noun

*maiskaz m

1. (West Germanic) mixture
2. (West Germanic) a mash

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *maiskaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maiskaz	*maiskōz, *maiskōs
vocative	*maisk	*maiskōz, *maiskōs
accusative	*maiską	*maiskanz
genitive	*maiskas, *maiskis	*maiskǫ̂
dative	*maiskai	*maiskamaz
instrumental	*maiskō	*maiskamiz

Related terms

• *maiską
• *maiskō
• *miskijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *maisk, *mask
  • Old English: mǣsc-, māsc-, māx-, māscwyrt
    • Middle English: maske, masche, *mashe (found in misse-mashe)
      • Scots: mask, musk
      • English: mash, mishmash
  • Old Frisian: *māsk, *mask
    • North Frisian: mask
    • Saterland Frisian: Mask; Miskmask
  • Old Saxon: *mēsk, *mask
    • Middle Low German: masch, mêsch, mêschewert, meisch
      • German Low German: Mask
      • → Danish: mask, miskmask
      • → Swedish: mäsk, mask (dialectal)
  • Old Dutch: *mēsk, *mask
    • Middle Dutch: *masch
      • >? Dutch: mas (possibly borrowed from Low German)
  • Old High German: *meisk
    • Middle High German: meisch
      • German: Maisch m, Maische f