Etymology Explorer
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Where does “masche” come from?
masche (Middle High German) comes from Old High German masca, from Proto-Germanic *maskā.
Ancestry of “masche”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old High German
masca
mesh
2
Proto-Germanic
*maskā
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Words derived from “masche”
Masche
Masche
maso
feinmaschig
kleinmaschig
Maschendrahtzaun
Maschendraht
Laufmasche
masza
atomomaso
mashava
biomaso
mason
maszka
maŝkiraso
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