Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/missu

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 *missijaną (“to miss, fail”).

Noun

*missu f

lack, absence
failure, mistake

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*missu
Genitive	*missā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*missu	*missō
Accusative	*missā	*missā
Genitive	*missā	*missō
Dative	*missē	missōm, missum
Instrumental	*missu	missōm, missum

Related terms

*miss
*missijan

Descendants

Old English: *miss
- Middle English: misse (“sin, guilt, wickedness”)
  - English: miss
  - Scots: mis
Old Saxon: *missa
- Middle Low German: misse
Old Dutch: *missa
- Middle Dutch: misse, messe, mis, mes
  - Dutch: mis
  - West Flemish: misse, mis
Old High German: *missa
- Middle High German: misse, mis

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