Where does “mästerverk” come from?
mästerverk (Swedish) comes from Swedish mäster, 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 — big, great.
mästerverk (Swedish): a masterpiece
Ancestry of “mästerverk”, step by step