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

wet food, mush, porridge
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

Derived terms

*mōsijaną

Descendants

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
    - Luxembourgish: Geméis
Old Norse: *mós
- Norwegian: mos
- Swedish: mos
- Danish: mós

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