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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maisā

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 *maisǭ.

Noun

*maisā f

  1. titmouse, chickadee

Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *maisā
Genitive *maisōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *maisā *maisōn
Accusative *maisōn *maisōn
Genitive *maisōn *maisōnō
Dative *maisōn *maisōm, *maisum
Instrumental *maisōn *maisōm, *maisum

Descendants
  • Old English: māse
    • Middle English: mose
  • Old Frisian: *māse, *mēse
    • ⇒ Old Frisian: *mēske (diminutive)
      • Saterland Frisian: Meeske
      • West Frisian: mieske
  • Old Saxon: mēsa
    • Middle Low German: mêse, meise
      • Dutch Low Saxon: meesje
      • German Low German: Meesch
        Altmärkisch, Low Prussian: Mêsk
        Dortmunisch: Mêəseken
        Low Prussian: Mêske, Möske, Mösk
        Westphalian:
        Bentheimisch: Mêse
        East Westphalian (Lippisch), Westmünsterländisch: Meese
        East Westphalian (Wedemarkisch): Meise
      • → Norwegian: meis
      • → Swedish: mes
      • → Danish: mejse[1]
  • Old Dutch: *mēsa
  • Old High German: meisa

References
  1. Torp, Alf (1919) “Meis”, in Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok, Oslo: H. Aschehoug and Co. (W. Nygaard), page 419
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