Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mūsfallā

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 *mūs +‎ *fallā (see *fall (“a fall, trap”)).

Noun

*mūsfallā f

1. mousetrap

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mūsfallā
Genitive	*mūsfallōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mūsfallā	*mūsfallōn
Accusative	*mūsfallōn	*mūsfallōn
Genitive	*mūsfallōn	*mūsfallōnō
Dative	*mūsfallōn	*mūsfallōm, *mūsfallum
Instrumental	*mūsfallōn	*mūsfallōm, *mūsfallum

Descendants

• Old English: mūsfealle
  • Middle English: mousfalle, mowsfalle, mosefalle
    • English: mousefall
    • Scots: mousfall
• Old Frisian: *mūsfalle
  • Saterland Frisian: Muusefalle
  • West Frisian: mûzefalle
• Old Saxon: mūsfalla
  • Middle Low German: mûsevalle
    • German Low German: Muusfalle, Muusfall
    • → Danish: musefælde
    • → Swedish: musfälla
    • → Norwegian: musefelle
• Old Dutch: *mūsfalla
  • Middle Dutch: muyseval, muysval
    • Dutch: muizeval, muizenval
• Old High German: mūsfalla
  • Middle High German: mūsfalle, mūsvalle
    • German: Mausfalle, Mausefalle, Mäusefalle