Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōs

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 *mōsą.

Noun

*mōs n

1. wet food, mush, porridge

   Synonym: *brīw

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mōs
Genitive	*mōsas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mōs	*mōsu
Accusative	*mōs	*mōsu
Genitive	*mōsas	*mōsō
Dative	*mōsē	*mōsum
Instrumental	*mōsu	*mōsum

Derived terms

• *mōsī, *gamōsī
• *mōsijan

Descendants

• Old English: mōs
  • Middle English: mos, mose
    • >? English: mush
    • >? Scots: moosh
• Old Frisian: mōs
  • Saterland Frisian: Muus
    • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Muusmas
    • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Appelmuus, Apelmuus
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Gemöis (possibly from German)
  • West Frisian: moes
• Old Saxon: *mōs
  • Middle Low German: môs
    • German Low German: Moos
    • Plautdietsch: Mooss
    • → Estonian: moos
• Old Dutch: muos
  • Middle Dutch: moes
    • Dutch: moes
      • Afrikaans: moes
      • → English: moose
• Old High German: muos
  • Middle High German: muos
    • Alemannic German: Mues
      • → French: mouise
      • ⇒ Alemannic German: Müesli (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)
    • German: Mus
    • Luxembourgish: Mous
    • ⇒ Middle High German: gemüese
      • Bavarian: Gmias
      • German: Gemüse
      • Hunsrik: Gemies
      • Luxembourgish: Geméis
      • Pennsylvania German: Gemies