Where does “Mees” come from?

Mees (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German meise, from Old High German meisa, from Proto-West Germanic maisā, from Proto-Germanic maisǭ — titmouse, chickadee.

Mees (Luxembourgish): tit, titmouse

Definitions

  1. tit, titmouse

Ancestry of “Mees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmeise—
2Old High Germanmeisapannier; titmouse
3Proto-West Germanicmaisātitmouse, chickadee
4Proto-Germanicmaisǭtitmouse, chickadee

Words derived from “Mees”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maisǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic maisā →Every word from Old High German meisa →