Where does “meistar” come from?
meistar (Old High German) comes from Vulgar Latin maester, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.
Ancestry of “meistar”, step by step
meistar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Vulgar Latin maester
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | maester | — |
| 2 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Proto-West Germanic *maistar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *maistar | master |