Where does “mästare” come from?
mästare (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish mæstare, from Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂isteros — big, great.
mästare (Swedish): a master; a champion
Ancestry of “mästare”, step by step
Words derived from “mästare”