Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mos

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 *musą.

Noun

*mos n

moss

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mos
Genitive	*mosas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mos	*mosu
Accusative	*mos	*mosu
Genitive	*mosas	*mosō
Dative	*mosē	*mosum
Instrumental	*mosu	*mosum

Derived terms

*mussjan

Related terms

*mosu

Descendants

Old English: mos
- Middle English: mos, mosse
  - Scots: mos
  - English: moss
Old Frisian: *mos
- Saterland Frisian: Moas
- West Frisian: moas
Old Saxon: mos
- Middle Low German: mos
  - German Low German: Moss
Old Dutch: *mos
- Middle Dutch: mos
  - Dutch: mos
- → Old French: mosse, mousseron (< *mosu)
  - French: mousse, mousseron
    - → English: mousse, mushroom
Old High German: mos
- Middle High German: mos
  - German: Moos
  - Hunsrik: Moos
  - Luxembourgish: Moos