Where does “Messopfer” come from?

Messopfer (German) comes from German messe, from Middle High German messe, from Old High German missa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Messopfer (German): Eucharist

Definitions

  1. Eucharist

Ancestry of “Messopfer”, step by step

Messopfer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German messe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmesseinflection of messen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanmessemass
3Old High GermanmissaMass
4LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
5Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
6Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
7Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via German Opfer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOpfersacrifice; victim; wimp
2Middle High Germanopfer
3Old High Germanophar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-