Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolamaisā

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 *kol (“coal”) +‎ *maisā (“titmouse”).

Noun

*kolamaisā f

coal tit

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kolamaisā
Genitive	*kolamaisōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kolamaisā	*kolamaisōn
Accusative	*kolamaisōn	*kolamaisōn
Genitive	*kolamaisōn	*kolamaisōnō
Dative	*kolamaisōn	kolamaisōm, kolamaisum
Instrumental	*kolamaisōn	kolamaisōm, kolamaisum

Descendants

Old English: colmāse, cōlmāse
- Middle English: collemase, colmose
  - English: coalmouse
Old Frisian: *kolemēse
- Saterland Frisian: Koolmeeske
Old Saxon: *kolmēsa
- Middle Low German: *kolemêse
  - German Low German:
    Hamburgisch: Kohlmeesch
  - Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Kollmeese
Old Dutch: *colmēsa
- Middle Dutch: cōolmêse
  - Dutch: koolmees
Old High German: *kolmeisa
- Middle High German: kolemeise
  - German: Kohlmeise