Where does “mastur” come from?

mastur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse mastr, from Middle Low German mast, from Old Saxon *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

mastur (Icelandic): mast

Definitions

  1. mast

Ancestry of “mastur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemastrmast
2Middle Low Germanmastmast
3Old Saxon*mast—
4Proto-West Germanic*mastmast
5Proto-Germanicmastazrod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmazdospole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mastaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mast →