Where does “Postmeista” come from?
Postmeista (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Post, from Middle Low German post, from Middle French poste, from Italian posta, from Italian posto, from Latin positus, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō.
Postmeista (Plautdietsch): postmaster
Definitions
- postmaster
Ancestry of “Postmeista”, step by step
Postmeista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Plautdietsch Post
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Post | mail, post |
| 2 | Middle Low German | post | — |
| 3 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 4 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 5 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 6 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 7 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |
via Plautdietsch Meista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plautdietsch | Meista | master |
| 2 | Middle Low German | mêster | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | mēstar | — |
| 4 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 5 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |