Where does “mässa” come from?

mässa (Swedish) comes from Old Norse messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mässa (Swedish): a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...

Definitions

  1. a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...

Ancestry of “mässa”, step by step

mässa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse messa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemessamass, church service; to say mass
2LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
3Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
4Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
5Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via Late Latin massa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinmassamass, bulk; load, burden; dough
2Ancient Greekμᾶζαbarley-bread or cake
3Ancient Greekμάσσωto handle, work with my hands, knead; to wipe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmh₂ǵyéti
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ǵ-to knead, stroke

Words derived from “mässa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-Every word from Proto-Italic meitōEvery word from Latin mittō
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