Where does “Messing” come from?

Messing (German) comes from Middle High German messinc, from Proto-Germanic masjinga-.

Messing (German): brass

Definitions

  1. brass

Ancestry of “Messing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmessinc—
2Proto-Germanicmasjinga-—

Words derived from “Messing”

Every word from Proto-Germanic masjinga- →Every word from Middle High German messinc →