Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/must

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 Latin mustum (“must”).

Noun

*must m

1. must, new wine

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*must
Genitive	*mostas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*must	*mostō, *mostōs
Accusative	*must	*mostā
Genitive	*mostas	*mostō
Dative	*mustē	*mustum
Instrumental	*mustu	*mustum

Alternative reconstructions

• *most

Descendants

• Old English: must
  • Middle English: must
    • English: must
• Old Saxon: *most, *must
  • Middle Low German: most, must
    • German Low German: Most
    • → Danish: most
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: most
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: most
    • → Swedish: must
• Old Dutch: *most
  • Middle Dutch: most
    • Dutch: most
• Old High German: most, must
  • Middle High German: most
    • German: Most
    • → Old Czech:
      • Czech: mošt
      • → Polish: moszcz