Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/must

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 Latin mustum (“must”).

Noun

*must m

  1. must, new wine

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *must
Genitive *mostas
Singular Plural
Nominative *must *mostō, *mostōs
Accusative *must *mostā
Genitive *mostas *mostō
Dative *mustē *mustum
Instrumental *mustu *mustum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *most

Descendants

  • Old English: must
  • Old Saxon: *most, *must
    • Middle Low German: most, must
      • German Low German: Most
      • → Danish: most
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: most
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: most
      • → Swedish: must
  • Old Dutch: *most
  • Old High German: most, must
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