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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōsijan

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 *mōs (“wet food, mush, porridge”) +‎ *-jan.

Verb

*mōsijan[1]

  1. to eat
    Synonym: *etan

Inflection
Class 1 weak
Infinitive *mōsijan
1st sg. past *mōsidā
Infinitive *mōsijan
Genitive infin. *mōsijannjas
Dative infin. *mōsijannjē
Instrum. infin. *mōsijannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *mōsiju *mōsidā
2nd singular *mōsisi *mōsidēs, *mōsidōs
3rd singular *mōsiþi *mōsidē, *mōsidā
1st plural *mōsijum *mōsidum
2nd plural *mōsiþ *mōsidud
3rd plural *mōsijanþ *mōsidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *mōsijē *mōsidī
2nd singular *mōsijēs *mōsidī
3rd singular *mōsijē *mōsidī
1st plural *mōsijēm *mōsidīm
2nd plural *mōsijēþ *mōsidīd
3rd plural *mōsijēn *mōsidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *mōsi
Plural *mōsiþ
Present Past
Participle *mōsijandī *mōsid

Descendants
  • Old English: mēsan
  • Old Saxon: *mōsian
    • >? Middle Low German: môsen, mö̂sen ("to gather or harvest vegetables")
      • German Low German: mösen (“to mash, crush, knead”)
  • Old High German: muosen
    • Middle High German: muosen
      • German: musen (“to eat or make mush/porridge”) (archaic)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 227: “PWGmc *mōsijan”
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