Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōsijan

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 *mōs (“wet food, mush, porridge”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*mōsijan^[1]

to eat
Synonym: *etan

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*mōsijan
1st sg. past	*mōsidā
Infinitive	*mōsijan
Genitive infin.	*mōsijannjas
Dative infin.	*mōsijannjē
Instrum. infin.	*mōsijannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*mōsiju	*mōsidā
2nd singular	*mōsisi	mōsidēs, mōsidōs
3rd singular	*mōsiþi	mōsidē, mōsidā
1st plural	*mōsijum	*mōsidum
2nd plural	*mōsiþ	*mōsidud
3rd plural	*mōsijanþ	*mōsidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*mōsijē	*mōsidī
2nd singular	*mōsijēs	*mōsidī
3rd singular	*mōsijē	*mōsidī
1st plural	*mōsijēm	*mōsidīm
2nd plural	*mōsijēþ	*mōsidīd
3rd plural	*mōsijēn	*mōsidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*mōsi
Plural	*mōsiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*mōsijandī	*mōsid

Descendants

Old English: mēsan
Old Saxon: *mōsian
- >? Middle Low German: môsen, mö̂sen ("to gather or harvest vegetables")
  - German Low German: mösen (“to mash, crush, knead”)
Old High German: muosen
- Middle High German: muosen
  - German: musen (“to eat or make mush/porridge”) (archaic)

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 *mōsijan”

[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 *mōsijan”

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