Where does “Maasi” come from?
Maasi (Greenlandic) comes from English mars, from Russian марс, from Dutch Mars, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną, from Proto-Germanic markō — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
Ancestry of “Maasi”, step by step
Maasi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English mars
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mars | Third-person singular simple present indicative... |
| 2 | Russian | марс | top; crow's nest |
| 3 | Dutch | Mars | (planet) |
| 4 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 5 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 6 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |