Where does “*maist” come from?

*maist (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic maist — most, to the greatest degree.

Ancestry of “*maist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmaistmost, to the greatest degree

Words derived from “*maist

Every word from Proto-Germanic maist
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