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
kirmesse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle High German messe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | messe | mass |
| 2 | Old High German | missa | Mass |
| 3 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 5 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |