Where does “mest” come from?
mest (Faroese) comes from Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic maistaz, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.
mest (Faroese): most
Ancestry of “mest”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | mestr | superlative degree of mikill; most; largest |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | maistaz | superlative degree of *mikilaz; most |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mikilaz | great, large; much, many |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵa- | — |