Where does “mast” come from?

mast (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch mast, from Old Dutch mast, from Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

mast (Dutch): mast; mast, fodder for pigs or other animals made...

Definitions

  1. mast; mast, fodder for pigs or other animals made...

Ancestry of “mast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmast
2Old Dutchmast
3Germanic*mast
4Proto-Germanicmastazrod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmazdospole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

Words derived from “mast

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdos
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