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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōsą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

An ablaut variant of the root *mat-,[1] usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, liquid, fat, dripping”); compare *matjaną (“to lap up, eat”). Contrary to Pokorny and followers, Kroonen separates the Germanic food words from this root, instead linking Ancient Greek μεστός (mestós, “full”) for a root *med- (“to satiate”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*mōsą n[1][3]

  1. wet food, mush, porridge
  2. food, victuals

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *mōsą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mōsą *mōsō
vocative *mōsą *mōsō
accusative *mōsą *mōsō
genitive *mōsas, *mōsis *mōsǫ̂
dative *mōsai *mōsamaz
instrumental *mōsō *mōsamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *mōs
    • Old English: mōs
    • Old Frisian: mōs
      • Saterland Frisian: Muus
        • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Muusmas
        • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Appelmuus, Apelmuus
      • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Gemöis (possibly from German)
      • West Frisian: moes
    • Old Saxon: *mōs
    • Old Dutch: muos
    • Old High German: muos
      • Middle High German: muos
  • Old Norse: *mós
    • Norwegian Bokmål: mos
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: mos
    • Swedish: mos
    • Danish: mos

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mōsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*mati-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*mōsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
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