Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōsą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

An ablaut variant of the root mat-, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, liquid, fat, dripping”). Cognate with Latin madeō (“be wet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*mōsą n

1. wet food, mush, porridge
2. food, victuals

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *mōsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mōsą	*mōsō
vocative	*mōsą	*mōsō
accusative	*mōsą	*mōsō
genitive	*mōsas, *mōsis	*mōsǫ̂
dative	*mōsai	*mōsamaz
instrumental	*mōsō	*mōsamiz

Derived terms

• *mōsijaną

Descendants

• Old English: mōs
  • Middle English: mos, mose
    • (perhaps) English: mush
    • (perhaps) Scots: moosh
• Old Frisian: mōs
  • Saterland Frisian: Gemöis (possibly from German)
  • West Frisian: moes
• Old Saxon: *mōs
  • Middle Low German: môs
    • German Low German: Moos
    • Plautdietsch: Mooss
• Old Dutch: muos
  • Middle Dutch: moes
    • Dutch: moes
      • Afrikaans: moes
      • → English: moose
• Old High German: muos
  • Middle High German: muos
    • Alemannic German: Mues
      • ⇒ Alemannic German: Müesli (diminutive)
        • → English: muesli
        • → French: mouise
        • → German: Müsli
    • German: Mus
      • → German Low German: [Term?]
    • Luxembourgish: Mous
    • ⇒ Middle High German: gemüese
      • Bavarian: Gmias
      • German: Gemüse
      • Luxembourgish: Geméis
• Old Norse: *mós
  • Norwegian: mos
  • Swedish: mos
  • Danish: mós