Where does “maskera” come from?

maskera (Swedish) comes from Swedish mäsk, from French masqué, from Italian maschera, from Latin masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-, from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...

maskera (Swedish): to mask

Definitions

  1. to mask

Ancestry of “maskera”, step by step

maskera traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mäsk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmäskmash, feed for animals
2Frenchmasquémasked; past participle of masquer
3Italianmascheramask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant
4Latinmascawitch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask
5Proto-West Germanic*maskāmesh, net
6Proto-Germanicmaskwǭloop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgo-netting, mesh, knot, loop
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmezgʷ-to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...

via Swedish era

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedisherayour, yours; you; era
2Latināeraera or epoch from which time is measured
3Latinaesmoney, pay, fee, fare; copper, bronze, brass;...
4Proto-Italicaosbronze, copper
5Proto-Italicajos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éyosa metal, copper, bronze

via French masquer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmasquerto mask; to hide
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

Words derived from “maskera

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-Every word from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ