Where does “māse” come from?

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

māse (Old English): titmouse; small bird

Definitions

  1. titmouse; small bird

Ancestry of “māse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmaisātitmouse, chickadee
2Proto-Germanicmaisǭtitmouse, chickadee

Words derived from “māse”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maisǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic maisā →
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