Where does “mose” come from?

mose (Middle English) comes from Old English māse, from Proto-West Germanic maisā, from Proto-Germanic maisǭ — titmouse, chickadee.

mose (Middle English): a small bird, a tit, titmouse, coalmouse

Definitions

  1. a small bird, a tit, titmouse, coalmouse

Ancestry of “mose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmāsetitmouse; small bird
2Proto-West Germanicmaisātitmouse, chickadee
3Proto-Germanicmaisǭtitmouse, chickadee

Words derived from “mose”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maisǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic maisā →Every word from Old English māse →