Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maskwǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 forms

*mēskwǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mozgo- (“netting, mesh, knot, loop”), from Proto-Indo-European *mezgʷ- (“to knit, tie, make a loop”). Cognate with Lithuanian mègzti (“to make a knot, knit”).

Noun

*maskwǭ f

loop, knot
mesh, netting
mesh used as a filter, facemask

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *maskwǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maskwǭ	*maskwōniz
vocative	*maskwǭ	*maskwōniz
accusative	*maskwōnų	*maskwōnunz
genitive	*maskwōniz	*maskwōnǫ̂
dative	*maskwōni	*maskwōmaz
instrumental	*maskwōnē	*maskwōmiz

Descendants

Old English: mæscre f, masc n, max n
- Middle English: maske, *masche, mesche
  - Scots: mask
  - English: mesh
Old Frisian: *maske
- Saterland Frisian: Mäske
- West Frisian: mesk, mêsk
Old Saxon: maska, *māska
- Middle Low German: masche
  - German Low German: Maske, Mask
Old Dutch: *maska, *māska
- Middle Dutch: maessce, masche, maesche
  - Dutch: maas
Old High German: *māsca, masca, maska
- Middle High German: masche
  - German: Masche
  - Luxembourgish: Masch
Old Norse: mǫskvi m, mǫskun f
- Icelandic: möskvi
- Faroese: meskur
- Norwegian: moske
- Old Swedish: maska
  - Swedish: maska
- Danish: maske