Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maisu

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

Alternative forms

• *maisijā

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maisō.

Noun

*maisu f

1. basket
2. container, vessel

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maisu
Genitive	*maisā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maisu	*maisō
Accusative	*maisā	*maisā
Genitive	*maisā	*maisō
Dative	*maisē	*maisōm, *maisum
Instrumental	*maisu	*maisōm, *maisum

Descendants

• Old English: *mǣse (< *maisijā)
  • Middle English: mese, meise, mayse (also possibly from Old Norse)
    • English: mease
    • Scots: mese, maise
• Old Saxon: *mēsa
  • Middle Low German: mêse, meise
• Old Dutch: *mēsa
  • Middle Dutch: mese, meyse, miese
    • Dutch: mees
• Old High German: meisa (strong o-stem), meissa (weak n-stem)
  • Middle High German: meise (strong o-stem), meise (weak n-stem)
    • German: Meise (“carrying basket, satchel, backpack”)
• → Old French: meise, maise
  • Middle French: maise, mese, meze, mase, masse, meisse, meeze, meesse, moise, mose