Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maskwǭ

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *mēskwǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mosgo- (“netting, mesh, knot, loop”), from Proto-Indo-European *mesgʷ- (“to knit, tie, make a loop”). Cognate with Lithuanian mègzti (“to make a knot, knit”).

Noun

*maskwǭ f

1. loop, knot
2. mesh, netting
3. mesh used as a filter, facemask

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *maskwǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maskwǭ	*maskwōniz
vocative	*maskwǭ	*maskwōniz
accusative	*maskwōnų	*maskwōnunz
genitive	*maskwōniz	*maskwōnǫ̂
dative	*maskwōni	*maskwōmaz
instrumental	*maskwōnē	*maskwōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *maskā
  • Old English: mæsċre f, masc n, max n
    • Middle English: maske, *masche, mesche
      • Scots: mask
      • English: mesh
  • Old Frisian: *maske
    • Saterland Frisian: Mäske
    • West Frisian: mesk, mêsk
  • Old Saxon: maska, *māska
    • Middle Low German: masche
      • German Low German: Maske, Mask
  • Old Dutch: *maska, *māska
    • Middle Dutch: maessce, masche, maesche
      • Dutch: maas
  • Old High German: masca, maska, māska, māsca
    • Middle High German: masche
      • German: Masche
      • Luxembourgish: Masch
  • →? Medieval Latin: masca (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: mǫskvi m, mǫskun f
  • Icelandic: möskvi
  • Faroese: meskur
  • Norwegian: moske
  • Old Swedish: maska
    • Swedish: maska
  • Danish: maske