Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kolamaisā

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 *kol (“coal”) +‎ *maisā (“titmouse”).

Noun

*kolamaisā f

1. coal tit

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kolamaisā
Genitive	*kolamaisōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kolamaisā	*kolamaisōn
Accusative	*kolamaisōn	*kolamaisōn
Genitive	*kolamaisōn	*kolamaisōnō
Dative	*kolamaisōn	*kolamaisōm, *kolamaisum
Instrumental	*kolamaisōn	*kolamaisōm, *kolamaisum

Descendants

• Old English: colmāse, cōlmāse
  • Middle English: collemase, colmose
    • English: coalmouse
• Old Frisian: *kolemēse
  • Saterland Frisian: Koolmeeske
• Old Saxon: *kolmēsa
  • Middle Low German: *kolemêse
    • German Low German:

      Hamburgisch: Kohlmeesch

    • Westphalian:

      Westmünsterländisch: Kollmeese

• Old Dutch: *kolmēsa
  • Middle Dutch: *kōlemêse
    • Dutch: koolmees
• Old High German: *kolmeisa
  • Middle High German: kolemeise
    • German: Kohlmeise