Where does “mestaruuskisa” come from?

mestaruuskisa (Finnish) comes 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, from Latin magister — big, great.

mestaruuskisa (Finnish): championship competition, a championship

Definitions

  1. championship competition, a championship

Ancestry of “mestaruuskisa”, step by step

mestaruuskisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mestaruus

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

via Finnish kisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkisacompetition, games
2Proto-Finnickisagame, play, competition
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickiśɜ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s
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