Where does “mastr” come from?

mastr (Old Norse) 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,...

mastr (Old Norse): mast

Definitions

  1. mast

Ancestry of “mastr”, 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,...

Words derived from “mastr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mazdosEvery word from Proto-Germanic mastazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *mast