Where does “mast” come from?

mast (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German mast, from Old Saxon *mast, from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic mastaz, from Proto-Indo-European mazdos — pole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...

mast (Norwegian Nynorsk): mast

Definitions

  1. mast

Ancestry of “mast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmastmast
2Old Saxon*mast—
3Proto-West Germanic*mastmast
4Proto-Germanicmastazrod, pole, perch; bar, plank; mast
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmazdospole, mast; plank, board, flooring; perch, pole,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mastaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mast →