Where does “mässing” come from?

mässing (Swedish) comes from German Messing, from Middle High German messinc, from Proto-Germanic masjinga-.

mässing (Swedish): brass

Definitions

  1. brass

Ancestry of “mässing”, step by step

mässing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Messing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMessingbrass
2Middle High Germanmessinc—
3Proto-Germanicmasjinga-—

via Old Swedish mässinger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishmässinger—

Words derived from “mässing”

Every word from Proto-Germanic masjinga- →Every word from Middle High German messinc →Every word from German Messing →