Where does “meslin” come from?

meslin (Middle English) comes from Old English mæsling, from Proto-Germanic masjinga-.

Ancestry of “meslin”, step by step

meslin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mæsling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmæslinga kind of brass
2Proto-Germanicmasjinga-—

via Old English mæslen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmæslen—

via Old English mæstling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmæstling—
Every word from Proto-Germanic masjinga- →Every word from Old English mæsling →