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Where does “месо” come from?

месо (Bulgarian) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European mes-.

месо (Bulgarian): meat; a type of meat; flesh

Definitions

  1. meat; a type of meat; flesh

Ancestry of “месо”, step by step

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