mæsling

Old English

Alternative forms

• mæslen, mæstling

Etymology

From earlier *mæssing, from Proto-West Germanic *massing, altered by -ling and an intrusive -t-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæs.linɡ/, [ˈmæz.liŋɡ]

Noun

mæsling n (nominative plural mæsling)

1. a kind of brass

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mæsling	mæsling
accusative	mæsling	mæsling
genitive	mæslinges	mæslinga
dative	mæslinge	mæslingum

Descendants

• Middle English: mestling, maslyn, mastelyn, mastling, meslin
  • English: maslin

References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) “masjinga”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356