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Where does “mosse” come from?

mosse (Finnish) comes from Russian Москвич, from Ukrainian -ич, from Old East Slavic -ичь, from Proto-Slavic -iťь — Denominal, forming masculine attributables from...

mosse (Finnish): nickname of the Russian-made Moskvitch cars; also...

Definitions

  1. nickname of the Russian-made Moskvitch cars; also...

Ancestry of “mosse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianМосквичMoskvitch
2Ukrainian-ич—
3Old East Slavic-ичь—
4Proto-Slavic-iťьDenominal, forming masculine attributables from...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -iťь →