Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maisō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*maijō, *maisijō
*maisaz (m)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *maisaz (“sheepskin sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *moysós (“sheep, sheepskin, fleece, hose”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmai̯.sɔː/

Noun

*maisō f

fleece satchel or backpack
container, vessel, basket, crate

Inflection

Declension of *maisō (ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*maisō	*maisôz
Vocative	*maisō	*maisôz
Accusative	*maisǭ	*maisōz
Genitive	*maisōz	*maisǫ̂
Dative	*maisōi	*maisōmaz
Instrumental	*maisō	*maisōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *maisu, *maisijā
- Old English: *mǣse (< *maisijā)
  - Middle English: mese, meise, mayse (also possibly from Old Norse)
    - English: mease
    - Scots: mese, maise
- Old Saxon: *mēsa
  - Middle Low German: mêse, meise
- Old Dutch: *mēsa
  - Middle Dutch: mese, meyse, miese
    - Dutch: mees
- Old High German: meisa (strong o-stem), meissa (weak n-stem)
  - Middle High German: meise (strong o-stem), meise (weak n-stem)
    - German: Meise (“carrying basket, satchel, backpack”)
- → Old French: meise, maise
  - Middle French: maise, mese, meze, mase, masse, meisse, meeze, meesse, moise, mose
Old Norse: meiss m (< *maisaz)
- Faroese: meis
- Norwegian: meis
  - →⇒ Scots: mesgar