מעש
דאָס
'brass'

ETYMOLOGY

EY exhibits [ʃ] for MHG ss.

{Beider 2015:105}
MHG mess(e); messinc; cf. NHG Mess(e); Messing.

{Perhaps there was influence from the medial consonant /ɕ/ in Polish mosiądz 'brass' (itself derived originally from Proto-West Germanic ✱massing).}
MHG messe, mess, mesch, mösch 'brass' and messe 'lump of metal'; from PGmc ✱masjō-; from Latin massa 'mass'.

WESTERN

meš {Schnitzler, Prager Judendeutsch, 19}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

męṣiŋg {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 127, 138}

mɛš {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

meš {WTCP, Vác, 47197}

mɛš {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

mɛš {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

me˯š {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

meš {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

mes̀ {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

mæ˰š {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}