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

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mōs
  • Old English: mōs
    • Middle English: mos, mose
      • >? English: mush
      • >? Scots: moosh
  • Old Frisian: mōs
    • West Frisian: moes
    • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Gemöis (possibly from German)
  • Old Saxon: *mōs
    • Middle Low German: môs
      • German Low German: Moos
      • Plautdietsch: Mooss
      • → Estonian: moos
  • Old Dutch: muos
    • Middle Dutch: moes
      • Dutch: moes
        • Afrikaans: moes
        • → English: moose
  • Old High German: muos
    • Middle High German: muos
      • Alemannic German: Mues
        • → French: mouise
        • ⇒ Alemannic German: Müesli (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)
      • German: Mus
      • Luxembourgish: Mous
      • ⇒ Middle High German: gemüese
        • Bavarian: Gmias
        • German: Gemüse
        • Hunsrik: Gemies
        • Luxembourgish: Geméis
        • Pennsylvania German: Gemies
• Old Norse: *mós
  • Norwegian: mos
  • Swedish: mos
  • Danish: mós