Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mihs
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]*mihs n[1]
Inflection
[edit]| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *mihs | |
| Genitive | *mihsas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *mihs | *mihsu |
| Accusative | *mihs | *mihsu |
| Genitive | *mihsas | *mihsō |
| Dative | *mihsē | *mihsum |
| Instrumental | *mihsu | *mihsum |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: meox, miox
- >? Old English: mes f (perhaps conflated with Proto-West Germanic *mihstu)
- Old Frisian: *miuks
- Saterland Frisian: Mjuks
- Old Saxon: mehs
References
[edit]- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 312: “PWGmc *mihs”