Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/musą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *musô (North Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mews-. Cognates include Latin muscus, Proto-Slavic *mъxъ. More cognates: see there.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.sɑ̃/

Noun

*musą n

1. moss, bog

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *musą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*musą	*musō
vocative	*musą	*musō
accusative	*musą	*musō
genitive	*musas, *musis	*musǫ̂
dative	*musai	*musamaz
instrumental	*musō	*musamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *mos
  • Old English: mos
    • Middle English: mos, mosse
      • Scots: mos
      • English: moss
  • Old Frisian: *mos
    • Saterland Frisian: Moas
    • West Frisian: moas
  • Old Saxon: mos
    • Middle Low German: mos
      • German Low German: Moss
  • Old Dutch: *mos
    • Middle Dutch: mos
      • Dutch: mos
    • → Old French: mosse, mousseron
      • French: mousse, mousseron
        • → English: mousse, mushroom
  • Old High German: mos
    • Middle High German: mos
      • German: Moos
      • Luxembourgish: Moos
• Old Norse: *mos; mosi m (< *musô)
  • Icelandic: mosi
  • Faroese: mosi
  • Danish: mose
  • Norwegian: mose
  • Old Swedish: mosi m, mosa (oblique cases); mos n
    • Swedish: mosse, mossa
  • Westrobothnian: môsa, mösa, måsa, mosa