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
- most; superlative degree of veel
Ancestry of “meest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | meest | greatest, largest; most prominent; most frequent,... |
| 2 | Old Dutch | mēsto | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *maist | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | maist | most, to the greatest degree |
Words derived from “meest”