Where does “musu” come from?
musu (Sranan Tongo) comes from English must, from Old English mōste, from Old English mōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic mōtaną, from Proto-Indo-European mōd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.
musu (Sranan Tongo): must, should expresses imperatives or necessity
Definitions
- must, should expresses imperatives or necessity
Ancestry of “musu”, step by step
musu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English must
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | must | To do with certainty; To do as a requirement;... |
| 2 | Old English | mōste | had to |
| 3 | Old English | mōtan | to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *mōtan | to be allowed, to be permitted to, may |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōtaną | to be allowed, to be permitted to, may |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mōd- | to permit, make able |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |
via Dutch muts
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | muts | tuque (knitted winter cap), a type of brimless hat; a similar soft (nearly) brimless hat |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | mutse | cap, nightcap; mutch |
| 3 | Latin | modius | modius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or... |
| 4 | Latin | modus | measure |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | modōs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mod-ōs | measure |