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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maisu
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *maisijā
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *maisō.
Noun
*maisu f
- basket
- container, vessel
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
---|---|---|
Singular | ||
Nominative | *maisu | |
Genitive | *maisā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *maisu | *maisō |
Accusative | *maisā | *maisā |
Genitive | *maisā | *maisō |
Dative | *maisē | *maisōm |
Instrumental | *maisu | *maisōm |
Descendants
- Old English: *mǣse (< *maisijā)
- Middle English: mese, meise, mayse (also possibly from Old Norse)
- English: mease
- Scots: mese, maise
- Middle English: mese, meise, mayse (also possibly from Old Norse)
- Old Saxon: *mēsa
- Middle Low German: mêse, meise
- Old Dutch: *mēsa
- Middle Dutch: mese, meyse, miese
- Dutch: mees
- Middle Dutch: mese, meyse, miese
- Old High German: meisa (strong o-stem), meissa (weak n-stem)
- Middle High German: meise (strong o-stem), meise (weak n-stem)
- German: Meise (“carrying basket, satchel, backpack”)
- Middle High German: meise (strong o-stem), meise (weak n-stem)
- → Old French: meise, maise
- Middle French: maise, mese, meze, mase, masse, meisse, meeze, meesse, moise, mose