Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mos

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 *musą.

Noun

*mos n

1. moss

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mos
Genitive	*mosas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mos	*mosu
Accusative	*mos	*mosu
Genitive	*mosas	*mosō
Dative	*mosē	*mosum
Instrumental	*mosu	*mosum

Derived terms

• *mussjan

Related terms

• *mosu

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
    • German Low German: Moss
• Old Dutch: *mos
  • Middle Dutch: mos
    • Dutch: mos
  • → Old French: mosse, mousseron (< *mosu)
    • French: mousse, mousseron
      • → English: mousse, mushroom
• Old High German: mos
  • Middle High German: mos
    • German: Moos
    • Hunsrik: Moos
    • Luxembourgish: Moos