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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mos
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *musą.
Noun
*mos n
- moss
Inflection
Neuter a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *mos | |
Genitive | *mosas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *mos | *mosu |
Accusative | *mos | *mosu |
Genitive | *mosas | *mosō |
Dative | *mosē | *mosum |
Instrumental | *mosu | *mosum |
Descendants
- Old English: mos
- Middle English: mos, mosse
- Scots: mos
- English: moss
- Middle English: mos, mosse
- Old Frisian: *mos
- Saterland Frisian: Moas
- West Frisian: moas
- Old Saxon: mos
- Middle Low German: mos
- German Low German: Moss
- Middle Low German: mos
- Old Dutch: *mos
- Middle Dutch: mos
- Dutch: mos
- → Old French: mosse, mousseron
- French: mousse, mousseron
- → English: mousse, mushroom
- French: mousse, mousseron
- Middle Dutch: mos
- Old High German: mos
- Middle High German: mos
- German: Moos
- Luxembourgish: Moos
- Middle High German: mos