Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maisō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *maijō, *maisijō
• *maisaz (m)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *maisaz (“sheepskin sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *moysós (“sheep, sheepskin, fleece, hose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmai̯.sɔː/

Noun

*maisō f

1. fleece satchel or backpack
2. container, vessel, basket, crate

Inflection

Declension of *maisō (ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maisō	*maisôz
Vocative	*maisō	*maisôz
Accusative	*maisǭ	*maisōz
Genitive	*maisōz	*maisǫ̂
Dative	*maisōi	*maisōmaz
Instrumental	*maisō	*maisōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *maisu, *maisijā
  • Old English: *mǣse (< *maisijā)
    • Middle English: mese, meise, mayse (also possibly from Old Norse)
      • English: mease
      • Scots: mese, maise
  • Old Saxon: *mēsa
    • Middle Low German: mêse, meise
  • Old Dutch: *mēsa
    • Middle Dutch: mese, meyse, miese
      • Dutch: mees
  • 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”)
  • → Old French: meise, maise
    • Middle French: maise, mese, meze, mase, masse, meisse, meeze, meesse, moise, mose
• Old Norse: meiss m (< *maisaz)
  • Faroese: meis
  • Norwegian: meis
    • →⇒ Scots: mesgar