Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maisu

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

Alternative forms

*maisijā

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maisō.

Noun

*maisu f

basket
container, vessel

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maisu
Genitive	*maisā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maisu	*maisō
Accusative	*maisā	*maisā
Genitive	*maisā	*maisō
Dative	*maisē	maisōm, maisum
Instrumental	*maisu	maisōm, maisum

Descendants

Old English: *mǣse (< *maisijā)
- Middle English: mese, meise, mayse (also possibly from Old Norse)
  - English: mease
  - Scots: mese, maise
Old Saxon: *mēsa
- Middle Low German: mêse, meise
Old Dutch: *mēsa
- Middle Dutch: mese, meyse, miese
  - Dutch: mees
Old High German: meisa (strong o-stem), meissa (weak n-stem)
- Middle High German: meise (strong o-stem), meise (weak n-stem)
  - German: Meise (“carrying basket, satchel, backpack”)
→ Old French: meise, maise
- Middle French: maise, mese, meze, mase, masse, meisse, meeze, meesse, moise, mose