Where does “mässäilijä” come from?
mässäilijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mässäillä, from Finnish mässätä, from Finnish massa, from Swedish mässa, from Old Norse messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
mässäilijä (Finnish): A glutton, a gormandizer; A glutton
Definitions
- A glutton, a gormandizer; A glutton
Ancestry of “mässäilijä”, step by step
mässäilijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mässäillä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mässäillä | to gourmandize; to glut oneself |
| 2 | Finnish | mässätä | to stuff |
| 3 | Finnish | massa | mass; bulk; paste |
| 4 | Swedish | mässa | a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to... |
| 5 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 6 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 8 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |