Where does “meesterwerk” come from?
meesterwerk (Dutch) comes from Dutch meester, from Middle Dutch mêester, from Old Dutch mēster, from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
meesterwerk (Dutch): masterpiece
Ancestry of “meesterwerk”, step by step