Where does “месест” come from?

месест (Bulgarian) comes from Bulgarian месо, from Old Church Slavonic мѧсо, from Proto-Slavic męso, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mēnsā́ˀ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗns, from Proto-Indo-European mḗms, from Proto-Indo-European mems-, from Proto-Indo-European me-ms-.

месест (Bulgarian): fleshy, meaty

Definitions

  1. fleshy, meaty

Ancestry of “месест”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianмесоmeat; a type of meat; flesh
2Old Church Slavonicмѧсоmeat
3Proto-Slavicmęsomeat
4Proto-Balto-Slavicmēnsā́ˀ—
5Proto-Balto-Slavicmḗnsmeat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗmsflesh, meat
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmems-flesh, meat
8Proto-Indo-Europeanme-ms-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmes-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mes- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European me-ms- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mems- →