Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mihstu

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

From Proto-Germanic *mihstuz. Equivalent to *mīgan (“to urinate”) +‎ *-þu.

Noun

*mihstu m

1. manure

   Synonym: *dungu

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mihstu
Genitive	*mihstō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mihstu	*mihstiwi, *mihstō
Accusative	*mihstu	*mihstū
Genitive	*mihstō	*mihstiwō
Dative	*mihstiwi, *mihstō	*mihstum
Instrumental	*mihstu	*mihstum

Derived terms

• *mihstōn

Related terms

• *mīgan
• *mihs

Descendants

• Old Saxon: mist
  • Middle Low German: mist, mest
    • German Low German: Mess
• Old Dutch: *mist
  • Middle Dutch: mest
    • Dutch: mest
• Old High German: mist
  • Middle High German: mist
    • German: Mist
    • Luxembourgish: Mëscht