Where does “mias” come from?

mias (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish mías, from Vulgar Latin mesa, from Latin mēnsa, from Latin mēnsus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mias (Scottish Gaelic): basin; dish, platter

Definitions

  1. basin; dish, platter

Ancestry of “mias”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmías—
2Vulgar LatinmesaAlternative form of mēnsa
3Latinmēnsaa table
4Latinmēnsushaving measured, estimated
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mēnsus →