Where does “Maas” come from?

Maas (East Central German) comes from German Mais, from Russian маи́с, from Spanish maíz, from Taíno mahís, from Proto-Arawakan marikɨ.

Maas (East Central German): chickadee, tit small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae

Definitions

  1. chickadee, tit small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae

Ancestry of “Maas”, step by step

Maas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mais

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMaismaize; corn; genitive singular of Mai
2Russianмаи́сmaize, corn
3Spanishmaízcorn, maize
4Taínomahís—
5Proto-Arawakanmarikɨ—

via Middle High German meise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmeise—
2Old High Germanmeisapannier; titmouse
3Proto-West Germanicmaisātitmouse, chickadee
4Proto-Germanicmaisǭtitmouse, chickadee
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