Where does “maist” come from?

maist (Scots) comes from Old English mǣst, from Proto-Germanic maistaz, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

maist (Scots): most, chief, principal, most powerful

Definitions

  1. most, chief, principal, most powerful

Ancestry of “maist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmǣstmost
2Proto-Germanicmaistazsuperlative degree of *mikilaz; most
3Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—

Words derived from “maist”

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