Where does “Massa” come from?

Massa (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German messet, from Old Saxon metisahs, from Proto-West Germanic matisahs, from Proto-West Germanic mati, from Proto-Germanic matiz, from Proto-Germanic mōsą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Massa (Plautdietsch): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “Massa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmesset—
2Old Saxonmetisahs—
3Proto-West Germanicmatisahsfood knife
4Proto-West Germanicmatifood
5Proto-Germanicmatizfood
6Proto-Germanicmōsąwet food, mush, porridge; food, victuals
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “Massa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōsą →Every word from Proto-Germanic matiz →