Where does “mestr” come from?

mestr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic maistaz, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

mestr (Old Norse): superlative degree of mikill; most; largest

Definitions

  1. superlative degree of mikill; most; largest

Ancestry of “mestr”, step by step

mestr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic maistaz

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

via Proto-Germanic maist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaistmost, to the greatest degree

Words derived from “mestr”

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