Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/must

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 Latin mustum.

Noun

*must m

must, new wine

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*must
Genitive	*mustas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*must	mustō, mustōs
Accusative	*must	*mustā
Genitive	*mustas	*mustō
Dative	*mustē	*mustum
Instrumental	*mustu	*mustum

Alternative reconstructions

*most

Descendants

Old English: must
- Middle English: must
  - English: must
Old Saxon: *most, *must
- Middle Low German: most, must
  - German Low German: Most
  - → Danish: most
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: most
  - → Norwegian Nynorsk: most
  - → Swedish: must
Old Dutch: *most
- Middle Dutch: most
  - Dutch: most
Old High German: most, must
- Middle High German: most
  - German: Most
  - → Old Czech:
    - Czech: mošt
    - → Polish: moszcz

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