Where does “masca” come from?

masca (Latin) comes from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-, from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...

masca (Latin): witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask

Definitions

  1. witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask

Ancestry of “masca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*maskāmesh, net
2Proto-Germanicmaskwǭloop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgo-netting, mesh, knot, loop
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmezgʷ-to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...

Words derived from “masca”

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