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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From earlier *maihskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *moiḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂-, from *meyḱ- (“mix”).
Noun
*maiskaz m
- (West Germanic) mixture
- (West Germanic) a mash
Inflection
Declension of *maiskaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*maiskaz
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*maiskōz, *maiskōs
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| vocative
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*maisk
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*maiskōz, *maiskōs
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| accusative
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*maiską
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*maiskanz
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| genitive
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*maiskas, *maiskis
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*maiskǫ̂
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| dative
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*maiskai
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*maiskamaz
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| instrumental
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*maiskō
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*maiskamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *maisk, *mask
- Old English: mǣsc-, māsc-, māx-, māscwyrt
- Middle English: maske, masche, *mashe (found in misse-mashe)
- Old Frisian: *māsk, *mask
- Old Saxon: *mēsk, *mask
- Middle Low German: masch, mêsch, mêschewert, meisch
- German Low German: Mask
- → Danish: mask, miskmask
- → Swedish: mäsk, mask (dialectal)
- Old Dutch: *mēsk, *mask
- Middle Dutch: *masch
- >? Dutch: mas (possibly borrowed from Low German)
- Old High German: *meisk
- Middle High German: meisch