Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōsą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

An ablaut variant of the root mat-,[1] usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, liquid, fat, dripping”); compare *matjaną (“to lap up, eat”). Contrary to Pokorny and followers, Kroonen separates the Germanic food words from this root, instead linking Ancient Greek μεστός (mestós, “full”) for a root *med- (“to satiate”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.sɑ̃/

Noun

*mōsą n[1][3]

wet food, mush, porridge
food, victuals

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *mōsą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mōsą	*mōsō
vocative	*mōsą	*mōsō
accusative	*mōsą	*mōsō
genitive	mōsas, mōsis	*mōsǫ̂
dative	*mōsai	*mōsamaz
instrumental	*mōsō	*mōsamiz

Related terms

*mastaz (“fruit of a forest tree”)
*matiz
*matjaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *mōs
- Old English: mōs
  - Middle English: mos, mose
    - >? English: mush
    - >? Scots: moosh
- Old Frisian: mōs
  - West Frisian: moes
  - ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Gemöis (possibly from German)
- Old Saxon: *mōs
  - Middle Low German: môs
    - German Low German: Moos
    - Plautdietsch: Mooss
    - → Estonian: moos
- Old Dutch: muos
  - Middle Dutch: moes
    - Dutch: moes
      - Afrikaans: moes
      - → English: moose
- Old High German: muos
  - Middle High German: muos
    - Alemannic German: Mues
      - → French: mouise
      - ⇒ Alemannic German: Müesli (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)
    - German: Mus
    - Luxembourgish: Mous
    - ⇒ Middle High German: gemüese
      - Bavarian: Gmias
      - German: Gemüse
      - Hunsrik: Gemies
      - Luxembourgish: Geméis
      - Pennsylvania German: Gemies
Old Norse: *mós
- Norwegian: mos
- Swedish: mos
- Danish: mós

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mōsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mati-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*mōsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 274

[EDPG-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mōsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mati-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 358

[3] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*mōsan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 274