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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.sɑ̃/

Noun[edit]

*mōsą n

wet food, mush, porridge
food, victuals

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

West Germanic: *mōs
- 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
      - Hunsrik: Gemies
      - Luxembourgish: Geméis
      - Pennsylvania German: Gemies
Old Norse: *mós
- Norwegian: mos
- Swedish: mos
- Danish: mós