Where does “mæscre” come from?
mæscre (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic maskrǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mezg- — to knit, twist, plait; to knit, to tie, to bind;...
mæscre (Old English): mesh; spot, blemish
Ancestry of “mæscre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | maskrǭ | mesh |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | mezg- | to knit, twist, plait; to knit, to tie, to bind;... |