Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiskaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

*maikskaz, *maihskaz

Etymology

From earlier *maihskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *moiḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂-, from *meyḱ- (“mix”).

Noun

*maiskaz m

(West Germanic) mixture
(West Germanic) a mash

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *maiskaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maiskaz	maiskōz, maiskōs
vocative	*maisk	maiskōz, maiskōs
accusative	*maiską	*maiskanz
genitive	maiskas, maiskis	*maiskǫ̂
dative	*maiskai	*maiskamaz
instrumental	*maiskō	*maiskamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *maisk, *mask
- Old English: mǣsc-, māsc-, māx-, māscwyrt
  - Middle English: maske, masche, *mashe (found in misse-mashe)
    - Scots: mask, musk
    - English: mash, mishmash
- Old Frisian: *māsk, *mask
  - North Frisian: mask
  - Saterland Frisian: Mask; Miskmask
- Old Saxon: *mēsk, *mask
  - Middle Low German: masch, mêsch, mêschewert, meisch
    - German Low German: Mask
    - → Danish: mask, miskmask
    - → Swedish: mäsk, mask (dialectal)
- Old Dutch: *mēsk, *mask
  - Middle Dutch: *masch
    - >? Dutch: mas (possibly borrowed from Low German)
- Old High German: *meisk
  - Middle High German: meisch
    - German: Maisch m, Maische f

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