Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/massing

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 *massjā (“brass”) +‎ *-ing.

Noun

*massing m

1. brass

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*massing
Genitive	*massingas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*massing	*massingō, *massingōs
Accusative	*massing	*massingā
Genitive	*massingas	*massingō
Dative	*massingē	*massingum
Instrumental	*massingu	*massingum

Alternative reconstructions

• *massjing

Derived terms

• *golþamassing

Descendants

• Old English: mæsling, mæslen, mæstling (altered by -ling, intrusive -t-)
  • Middle English: mestling, maslyn, mastelyn, mastling, meslin
    • English: maslin
• Old Saxon: messing, missing, missinc
  • Middle Low German: messinc, missink, missinc
    • → Latvian: misiņš
    • → Lithuanian: misingis, misingas, misinè
    • → Old Norse: messing, massing, mersing
      • Danish: messing
      • Faroese: messing
      • Icelandic: messing
      • Norwegian: messing
      • Swedish: mässing
        • → Estonian: messing
• Old Dutch: messink
  • Middle Dutch: messinc, missinc, messanc, messinge
    • Dutch: messing
      • → West Frisian: messing
• Old High German: messing, messinc
  • Middle High German: messinc, mezzinc, missinc
    • German: Messing (see there for further descendants)
• → Proto-Slavic: *mosędzь (see there for further descendants)