Where does “meest” come from?

meest (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch mēsto, from Proto-West Germanic *maist, from Proto-Germanic maist — most, to the greatest degree.

meest (Middle Dutch): greatest, largest; most prominent; most frequent,...

Definitions

  1. greatest, largest; most prominent; most frequent,...

Ancestry of “meest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmēsto—
2Proto-West Germanic*maist—
3Proto-Germanicmaistmost, to the greatest degree

Words derived from “meest”

Every word from Proto-Germanic maist →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *maist →Every word from Old Dutch mēsto →