Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mihs

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

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Noun

*mihs n[1]

(North Sea Germanic) dung
Synonyms: *dungu, *tord

Inflection

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

Descendants

Old English: meox, miox
- Middle English: mix, mex, myx
Old Frisian: *miuks
- Saterland Frisian: Mjuks
Old Saxon: mehs

References

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”

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[1] 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”