Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/masur

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *masuraz (“maple or walnut wood”).

Noun

*masur m

1. gnarl, knarl (especially of maple)
2. maple bowl

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*masur
Genitive	*masuras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*masur	*masurō, *masurōs
Accusative	*masur	*masurā
Genitive	*masuras	*masurō
Dative	*masurē	*masurum
Instrumental	*masuru	*masurum

Descendants

• Old English: *mæser, *maser, *masor
  • Middle English: maser, mazer
    • English: mazer
• Old Saxon: masur
  • Middle Low German: maser
• Old Dutch: *masur, *masar
  • Middle Dutch: maser, maeser
    • Dutch: maser
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: maserijn (adj.)
• Old High German: masar, masor
  • Middle High German: maser
    • Alemannic German: Mäser
    • German: Maser
• → Old French: mazer, maser, mazar, madre (see there for further descendants)