Where does “masch” come from?
masch (Middle English) comes from Old English māsc, 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,...
Ancestry of “masch”, step by step
masch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English māsc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | māsc | mash; mixture, mash |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |