Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maiskaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

*maikskaz

Etymology

From earlier *maihskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *moiḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂-, from *meyḱ- (“mix”).

Noun

*maiskaz m

mixture
a mash

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *maiskaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maiskaz	maiskōz, maiskōs
vocative	*maisk	maiskōz, maiskōs
accusative	*maiską	*maiskanz
genitive	maiskas, maiskis	*maiskǫ̂
dative	*maiskai	*maiskamaz
instrumental	*maiskō	*maiskamiz

Related terms

*maiskō
*miskijaną

Descendants

Old English: mǣsc-, māsc-, māx-, māscwyrt
- Middle English: maske, masche, *mashe (found in misse-mashe)
  - Scots: mask, musk
  - English: mash, mishmash
Old Frisian: *mask
- North Frisian: mask
- Saterland Frisian: Mask; Miskmask
Old Saxon: *mēsk
- Middle Low German: masch, mêsch, mêschewert, meisch
  - German Low German: Mask
  - Danish: mask, miskmask
  - Swedish: mäsk, mask (dialectal)
Old High German: *meisk
- Middle High German: meisch
  - German: Maisch m, Maische f, Mischmasch

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