Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/matisahs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*matiʀahs

Etymology

From *mati +‎ *sahs.

Noun

*matisahs n

food knife
Synonym: *knīb

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*matisahs
Genitive	*matisahsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*matisahs	*matisahsu
Accusative	*matisahs	*matisahsu
Genitive	*matisahsas	*matisahsō
Dative	*matisahsē	*matisahsum
Instrumental	*matisahsu	*matisahsum

Descendants

Old English: meteseax, metseax
Old Frisian: mess, mes
- West Frisian: mês
Old Saxon: metisahs, mezas
- Middle Low German: metset, messet, mezces, mest, mes
  - German Low German: Mest
  - Plautdietsch: Massa
Old Dutch: *metisas, *metsas, *mesas
- Middle Dutch: mets, metser, messe, mes
  - Dutch: mes
    - Afrikaans: mes
      - → Zulu: umese
        Fanagalo: mes (or directly)
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: mesi
    - Jersey Dutch: määs
    - Negerhollands: mes
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: masa
    - → Indonesian: mes (“medical knife”)
    - → Japanese: メス (mesu, “medical knife”)
    - → Korean: 메스 (meseu, “medical knife”)
    - → Loup A: meschu (from the diminutive form)
    - → Malagasy: méso, mésa
Old High German: mezzisahs, mezzeres, mezzirahs, mazsahs
- Middle High German: messer, mezzer
  - Bavarian: Messa
    Cimbrian: mèssar, mezzar
    Mòcheno: messer
  - German: Messer
  - Yiddish: מעסער‎ (meser)