Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maskā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ.

Noun

*maskā f

mesh, net

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maskā
Genitive	*maskōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maskā	*maskōn
Accusative	*maskōn	*maskōn
Genitive	*maskōn	*maskōnō
Dative	*maskōn	*maskōm
Instrumental	*maskōn	*maskōm

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: masca, māsca, maska, māska
- Middle High German: masche
  - German: Masche
  - Luxembourgish: Masch
→? Medieval Latin: masca (see there for further descendants)