Where does “mesta” come from?
mesta (Finnish) comes from Russian ме́сто, from Old East Slavic мѣсто, from Proto-Slavic město — place, location; settlement, town, city.
mesta (Finnish): A place
Ancestry of “mesta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ме́сто | place, city; place, position |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | мѣсто | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | město | place, location; settlement, town, city |