Where does “mascletada” come from?

mascletada (Catalan) comes from Catalan masclet, from Catalan mascle, from Vulgar Latin masclus, from Latin masculus, from Latin mās, from Proto-Nuristani *māsa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s — to measure.

mascletada (Catalan): pyrotechnic event typical of the Valencian Community

Definitions

  1. pyrotechnic event typical of the Valencian Community

Ancestry of “mascletada”, step by step

mascletada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan masclet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmascletgoatee
2Catalanmasclea male; energetic in a virile manner
3Vulgar LatinmasclusAlternative form of masculus; male
4Latinmasculusmale, masculine; man, male
5Latinmāsmale
6Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
7Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

via Catalan Ada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanAda—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has →