Where does “mestepart” come from?
mestepart (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mest, from Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic maistaz, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.
mestepart (Norwegian Bokmål): mesteparten av - most of, the bulk of, the...
Definitions
- mesteparten av - most of, the bulk of, the...
Ancestry of “mestepart”, step by step
mestepart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål mest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mest | indefinite singular superlative degree of mye;... |
| 2 | Old Norse | mestr | superlative degree of mikill; most; largest |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | maistaz | superlative degree of *mikilaz; most |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mikilaz | great, large; much, many |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵa- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål part
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | part | — |