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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmu.sɑ̃/

Noun

*musą n

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

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
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: mosi
- 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

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