Where does “mest” come from?

mest (Danish) comes from Old English mæst, from Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic maistaz, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

mest (Danish): most; to the highest degree; most; in the largest...

Definitions

  1. most; to the highest degree; most; in the largest...

Ancestry of “mest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmæstsuperlative degree of miċel: biggest, most; most;...
2Old Norsemestrsuperlative degree of mikill; most; largest
3Proto-Germanicmaistazsuperlative degree of *mikilaz; most
4Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—

Words derived from “mest”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mikilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic maistaz →
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