Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōs

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 *mōsą.

Noun

*mōs n^[1]

wet food, mush, porridge
Synonym: *brīw

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mōs
Genitive	*mōsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mōs	*mōsu
Accusative	*mōs	*mōsu
Genitive	*mōsas	*mōsō
Dative	*mōsē	*mōsum
Instrumental	*mōsu	*mōsum

Derived terms

*mōsī, *gamōsī
*mōsijan

Descendants

Old English: mōs
- Middle English: mos, mose
  - >? English: mush
  - >? Scots: moosh
Old Frisian: mōs
- Saterland Frisian: Muus
  - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Muusmas
  - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Appelmuus, Apelmuus
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Gemöis (possibly from German)
- West Frisian: moes
Old Saxon: *mōs
- Middle Low German: môs
  - German Low German: Moos
  - Plautdietsch: Mooss
  - → Estonian: moos
Old Dutch: muos
- Middle Dutch: moes
  - Dutch: moes
    - Afrikaans: moes
    - → English: moose
  - Limburgish: moos
Old High German: muos
- Middle High German: muos
  - Alemannic German: Mues
    - → French: mouise
    - ⇒ Alemannic German: Müesli (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)
  - German: Mus
  - Luxembourgish: Mous
  - ⇒ Middle High German: gemüese
    - Bavarian: Gmias
    - German: Gemüse
    - Hunsrik: Gemies
    - Luxembourgish: Geméis
    - Pennsylvania German: Gemies

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc *mōs”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc *mōs”

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