Where does “mos” come from?

mos (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic musą, from Proto-Indo-European mūs- — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

mos (Old High German): moss

Definitions

  1. moss

Ancestry of “mos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

Words derived from “mos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic musą →