Where does “meest” come from?

meest (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch meest, from Old Dutch mēsto, from Proto-West Germanic *maist, from Proto-Germanic maist — most, to the greatest degree.

meest (Dutch): most; superlative degree of veel

Definitions

  1. most; superlative degree of veel

Ancestry of “meest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmeestgreatest, largest; most prominent; most frequent,...
2Old Dutchmēsto—
3Proto-West Germanic*maist—
4Proto-Germanicmaistmost, to the greatest degree

Words derived from “meest”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maist →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *maist →Every word from Old Dutch mēsto →