Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/maskā

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 *maskwǭ.

Noun

*maskā f

1. mesh, net

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*maskā
Genitive	*maskōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maskā	*maskōn
Accusative	*maskōn	*maskōn
Genitive	*maskōn	*maskōnō
Dative	*maskōn	*maskōm, *maskum
Instrumental	*maskōn	*maskōm, *maskum

Descendants

• 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)