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

Definitions

  1. most

Ancestry of “mest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemestrsuperlative degree of mikill; most; largest
2Proto-Germanicmaistazsuperlative degree of *mikilaz; most
3Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mikilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic maistaz →