Where does “kirmess” come from?

kirmess (English) comes from German Kirmes, from Middle High German kirmesse, from Middle High German messe, from Old High German missa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

kirmess (English): An outdoor festival and fair, usually in a German...

Definitions

  1. An outdoor festival and fair, usually in a German...

Ancestry of “kirmess”, step by step

kirmess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kirmes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKirmesfair, funfair
2Middle High Germankirmesse
3Middle High Germanmessemass
4Old High GermanmissaMass
5LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
6Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
7Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
8Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via Dutch kermis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkermisfunfair; fair
2Dutchkerkchurch, house of Christian worship; church,...
3Dutchmismass; wrong; missed, not a hit
4Middle Dutchmisurine

Words derived from “kirmess

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-Every word from Proto-Italic meitōEvery word from Latin mittō