< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mastaz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mastos, *mazdos (“plank, board, flooring; perch, pole, mast”). Cognate with Russian мост (most, “bridge, bridgework”), Latin mālus (“pole, mast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑs.tɑz/
Noun
*mastaz m
- rod, pole, perch
- bar, plank
- (nautical) mast
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *mastaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *mastaz | *mastōz, *mastōs | |
vocative | *mast | *mastōz, *mastōs | |
accusative | *mastą | *mastanz | |
genitive | *mastas, *mastis | *mastǫ̂ | |
dative | *mastai | *mastamaz | |
instrumental | *mastō | *mastamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: mæst
- Middle English: mast
- English: mast
- Scots: mast
- Middle English: mast
- Old Frisian: *mast, *mest
- Saterland Frisian: Mäst
- West Frisian: mêst
- Old Saxon: *mast
- Middle Low German: mast
- Low German: Mast
- Middle Low German: mast
- Frankish: *mast
- Old Dutch: *mast
- Middle Dutch: mast
- Dutch: mast
- Middle Dutch: mast
- → Medieval Latin: mastus (see there for further descendants)
- Old Dutch: *mast
- Old High German: mast
- Middle High German: mast
- German: Mast
- Esperanto: masto
- Ido: masto
- Esperanto: masto
- German: Mast
- Middle High German: mast
- Old Norse: mastr
- Icelandic: mastur
- Faroese: mastur
- Norwegian: mast
- Swedish: mast
- Danish: mast
- Finnish: mast
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (masts)
- → Slavic: *mostъ (“bridge”) (see there for further descendants)