Where does “kirmesse” come from?
kirmesse (Middle High German) comes from Middle High German messe, from Old High German missa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Ancestry of “kirmesse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | messe | mass |
| 2 | Old High German | missa | — |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |
Words derived from “kirmesse”