Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maistar

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *maester, from Latin magister (“teacher”).

Noun

*maistar m

1. master

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maistar(a)
Genitive	*maistaras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maistar(a)	*maistarōs
Accusative	*maistar(a)	*maistarā
Genitive	*maistaras	*maistarō
Dative	*maistarē	*maistarum
Instrumental	*maistaru	*maistarum

Alternative reconstructions

• *māster

Derived terms

• *maistarōn

Descendants

• Old English: mǣġester, magister, māġister, mæġster, mǣster
  • Middle English: maister, maistre, mayster, maystr, maistir (reinforced by Old French maistre)
    • English: master (see there for further descendants)
    • English: mister (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: maister
• Old Frisian: māster, mēster, māstere, mēstere
  • Saterland Frisian: Mäster
  • West Frisian: master
• Old Saxon: mēstar
  • Middle Low German: mēster, mēister, meister, meyster, maister
    • → Old Norse: meistari
      • Icelandic: meistari
      • Faroese: meistari
      • Norwegian:

        Norwegian Bokmål: mester

        Norwegian Nynorsk: meister

      • Old Danish: mæster
        • Danish: mester
      • Old Swedish: mæstare, mæster
        • Swedish: mästare
          • → Finnish: mestari
• Old Dutch: *mēster
  • Middle Dutch: mêester
    • Dutch: meester (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: meister
• Old High German: meistar
  • Middle High German: meister
    • German: Meister (see there for further descendants)
    • Yiddish: מײַסטער (mayster)
    • → Old Czech: mistř, mistr, místr
      • Czech: mistr
      • → Polish: mistrz