Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mihstaz

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

Etymology

From *mig- (“light rain, drizzle”), from Proto-Indo-European *migʰ-, *migʰ-lo- (“drizzle, fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *meygʰ-, *h₃meygʰ- (“to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist”). Cognate with Lithuanian miglà (“fog”), Russian мгла (mgla, “fog, haze”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmix.stɑz/

Noun

*mihstaz m

  1. cloud, mist, fog

Inflection

Declension of *mihstaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *mihstaz *mihstōz, *mihstōs
vocative *mihst *mihstōz, *mihstōs
accusative *mihstą *mihstanz
genitive *mihstas, *mihstis *mihstǫ̂
dative *mihstai *mihstamaz
instrumental *mihstō *mihstamiz
  • *miglōną
  • *mihsaz/*mihsą

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *mist
    • Old English: mist
    • Old Frisian: *mist
    • Old Saxon: *mist
      • Middle Low German: mist
        • German Low German: Mist
    • Old Dutch: *mist
  • Old Norse: mistr
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