Where does “mes” come from?

mes (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch mets, from Old Dutch metisas, from Proto-West Germanic matisahs, from Proto-West Germanic mati, from Proto-Germanic matiz, from Proto-Germanic mōsą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mes (Dutch): knife, cleaver; blade

Definitions

  1. knife, cleaver; blade

Ancestry of “mes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmets—
2Old Dutchmetisas—
3Proto-West Germanicmatisahsfood knife
4Proto-West Germanicmatifood
5Proto-Germanicmatizfood
6Proto-Germanicmōsąwet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “mes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →