Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/massing

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 *massjā (“brass”) +‎ *-ing.

    Noun

    *massing m[1]

    1. brass

    Inflection

    Masculine a-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *massing(a)
    Genitive *massingas
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *massing(a) *massingōs
    Accusative *massing(a) *massingā
    Genitive *massingas *massingō
    Dative *massingē *massingum
    Instrumental *massingu *massingum

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old English: mæsling, mæslen, mæstling (altered by -ling, intrusive -t-)
      • Middle English: mestling, maslyn, mastelyn, mastling, meslin
    • Old Saxon: messing, missing, missinc
    • Old Dutch: messink
      • Middle Dutch: messinc, missinc, messanc, messinge
    • Old High German: messing, messinc
      • Middle High German: messinc, mezzinc, missinc
        • German: Messing (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Slavic: *mosędzь[1] (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lloyd, Albert L.; Lühr, Rosemarie (1988), “messing”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen‎[1] (in German), Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 362-363: “westgerm. *mas(s)ingvoraus”
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*masjinga-(?)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
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