Where does “meslin” come from?
meslin (Middle English) comes from Old English mæsling, from Proto-Germanic masjinga-.
Ancestry of “meslin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | mæsling | a kind of brass |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | masjinga- | — |
Words derived from “meslin”