Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maisā

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 *maisǭ.

Noun

*maisā f

1. titmouse, chickadee

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maisā
Genitive	*maisōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maisā	*maisōn
Accusative	*maisōn	*maisōn
Genitive	*maisōn	*maisōnō
Dative	*maisōn	*maisōm, *maisum
Instrumental	*maisōn	*maisōm, *maisum

Descendants

• Old English: māse
  • Middle English: mose
    • ⇒ Middle English: titmose
      • English: titmouse
• Old Frisian: *māse, *mēse
  • ⇒ Old Frisian: *mēske (diminutive)
    • Saterland Frisian: Meeske
    • West Frisian: mieske
• Old Saxon: mēsa
  • Middle Low German: mêse, meise
    • Dutch Low Saxon: meesje
    • German Low German: Meesch

      Altmärkisch, Low Prussian: Mêsk

      Dortmunisch: Mêəseken

      Low Prussian: Mêske, Möske, Mösk

      Westphalian:

      Bentheimisch: Mêse

      East Westphalian (Lippisch), Westmünsterländisch: Meese

      East Westphalian (Wedemarkisch): Meise

    • → Norwegian: meis
    • → Swedish: mes
    • → Danish: mejse
• Old Dutch: *mēsa
  • Middle Dutch: mese, meese
    • Dutch: mees
• Old High German: meisa
  • Middle High German: meise
    • Bavarian: Meisn
    • German: Meise
    • Luxembourgish: Mees