Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/maskwǭ

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

*mēskwǭ

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mosgo- (“netting, mesh, knot, loop”), from Proto-Indo-European *mesgʷ- (“to knit, tie, make a loop”). Cognate with Lithuanian mègzti (“to make a knot, knit”).

Noun

*maskwǭ f

loop, knot
mesh, netting
mesh used as a filter, facemask

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *maskwǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*maskwǭ	*maskwōniz
vocative	*maskwǭ	*maskwōniz
accusative	*maskwōnų	*maskwōnunz
genitive	*maskwōniz	*maskwōnǫ̂
dative	*maskwōni	*maskwōmaz
instrumental	*maskwōnē	*maskwōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *maskā
- Old English: mæsċre f, masc n, max n
  - Middle English: maske, *masche, mesche
    - Scots: mask
    - English: mesh
- Old Frisian: *maske
  - Saterland Frisian: Mäske
  - West Frisian: mesk, mêsk
- Old Saxon: maska, *māska
  - Middle Low German: masche
    - German Low German: Maske, Mask
- Old Dutch: *maska, *māska
  - Middle Dutch: maessce, masche, maesche
    - Dutch: maas
- Old High German: masca, maska, māska, māsca
  - Middle High German: masche
    - German: Masche
    - Luxembourgish: Masch
- →? Medieval Latin: masca (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: mǫskvi m, mǫskun f
- Icelandic: möskvi
- Faroese: meskur
- Norwegian: moske
- Old Swedish: maska
  - Swedish: maska
- Danish: maske