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

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mesgʷ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *mosgo-der.
Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ

    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”), mãzgas (“knot”), Latvian megzt, Tocharian A masäk (“joint”),[1] as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *mězgyrь (“tarantula”).[2]

    Noun

    *maskwǭ f[2]

    1. loop, knot
    2. mesh, netting
    3. mesh used as a filter, facemask

    Inflection

    Declension 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
      • Old Frisian: *maske
        • Saterland Frisian: Mäske
        • West Frisian: mesk, mêsk
      • Old Saxon: maska, *māska
        • Middle Low German: masche
      • Old Dutch: *maska, *māska
        • Middle Dutch: maessce, masche, maesche
      • Old High German: masca, maska, māska, māsca
        • Middle High German: masche
      • →? Medieval Latin: masca (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Norse: mǫskvi m, mǫskun f

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*maska-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003), “*maskwō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
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