Where does “-mest” come from?

-mest (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *-umistaz.

-mest (Old English): most; used to form the superlative of certain words, such as cardinal directions

Definitions

  1. most; used to form the superlative of certain words, such as cardinal directions

Ancestry of “-mest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*-umistaz—

Words derived from “-mest”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *-umistaz →