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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

  1. A glutton, a gormandizer; A glutton

Ancestry of “mässäilijä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmässäilläto gourmandize; to glut oneself
2Finnishmässätäto stuff
3Finnishmassamass; bulk; paste
4Swedishmässaa mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...
5Old Norsemessamass, church service; to say mass
6LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
7Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
8Latinmittō—
9Proto-Italicmeitō—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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