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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maisǭ.
Noun
*maisā f
- titmouse, chickadee
Inflection
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Singular
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*maisā
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| Genitive
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*maisōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*maisā
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*maisōn
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| Accusative
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*maisōn
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*maisōn
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| Genitive
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*maisōn
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*maisōnō
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| Dative
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*maisōn
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*maisōm, *maisum
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| Instrumental
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*maisōn
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*maisōm, *maisum
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Descendants
- Old English: māse
- Old Frisian: *māse, *mēse
- ⇒ Old Frisian: *mēske (diminutive)
- Saterland Frisian: Meeske
- West Frisian: mieske
- Old Saxon: mēsa
- Middle Low German: mêse, meise
- Dutch Low Saxon: meesje
- German Low German: Meesch
- Altmärkisch, Low Prussian: Mêsk
- Dortmunisch: Mêəseken
- Low Prussian: Mêske, Möske, Mösk
- Westphalian:
- Bentheimisch: Mêse
- East Westphalian (Lippisch), Westmünsterländisch: Meese
- East Westphalian (Wedemarkisch): Meise
- → Norwegian: meis
- → Swedish: mes
- → Danish: mejse[1]
- Old Dutch: *mēsa
- Old High German: meisa
- Middle High German: meise
References
- ^ Torp, Alf (1919) “Meis”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 419