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