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Where does “maailmanmestaruuskilpailu” come from?

maailmanmestaruuskilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maailmanmestaruus, from Finnish mestaruus, from Finnish mestari, from Old Swedish mæstare, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre — big, great.

maailmanmestaruuskilpailu (Finnish): world championship games

Definitions

  1. world championship games

Ancestry of “maailmanmestaruuskilpailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaailmanmestaruusworld championship
2Finnishmestaruusmastery, virtuosity; championship
3Finnishmestarimaster; expert; champion
4Old Swedishmæstare—
5Old Norsemeistari—
6Middle Low Germanmeister—
7Old Saxonmēstar—
8Old Frenchmaistremaster; Master; magister
9Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
10Proto-Italicmagisteros—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great
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