Where does “meszne” come from?

meszne (Polish) comes from Old Polish meszne, from Old Polish meszny.

meszne (Polish): type of annual tribute paid by the faithful to the parish, probably obliging the parish priest to celebrate mass

Definitions

  1. type of annual tribute paid by the faithful to the parish, probably obliging the parish priest to celebrate mass

Ancestry of “meszne”, step by step

meszne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Polish meszne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishmesznetype of annual tribute paid by the faithful to the parish (probably obliging the parish priest to celebrate mass)
2Old Polishmeszny

via Polish meszny

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmesznymass
Every word from Old Polish mesznyEvery word from Old Polish meszne