Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mūsfallā

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 *mūs +‎ *fallā (see *fall (“a fall, trap”)).

Noun

*mūsfallā f

mousetrap

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mūsfallā
Genitive	*mūsfallōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mūsfallā	*mūsfallōn
Accusative	*mūsfallōn	*mūsfallōn
Genitive	*mūsfallōn	*mūsfallōnō
Dative	*mūsfallōn	mūsfallōm, mūsfallum
Instrumental	*mūsfallōn	mūsfallōm, mūsfallum

Descendants

Old English: mūsfealle
- Middle English: mousfalle, mowsfalle, mosefalle
  - English: mousefall
  - Scots: mousfall
Old Frisian: *mūsfalle
- Saterland Frisian: Muusefalle
- West Frisian: mûzefalle
Old Saxon: mūsfalla
- Middle Low German: mûsevalle
  - German Low German: Muusfalle, Muusfall
  - → Danish: musefælde
  - → Swedish: musfälla
  - → Norwegian: musefelle
Old Dutch: *mūsfalla
- Middle Dutch: muyseval, muysval
  - Dutch: muizeval, muizenval
Old High German: mūsfalla
- Middle High German: mūsfalle, mūsvalle
  - German: Mausfalle, Mausefalle, Mäusefalle

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