Where does “mǣst” come from?

mǣst (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic maistaz, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

mǣst (Old English): most

Definitions

  1. most

Ancestry of “mǣst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaistazsuperlative degree of *mikilaz; most
2Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—

Words derived from “mǣst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mikilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic maistaz →