Where does “mest” come from?

mest (Swedish) comes from Old Norse mestr, from Proto-Germanic maistaz, from Proto-Germanic mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European meǵa-.

mest (Swedish): mostly, most of the time; mostly, mainly; to the...

Definitions

  1. mostly, most of the time; mostly, mainly; to the...

Ancestry of “mest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemestrsuperlative degree of mikill; most; largest
2Proto-Germanicmaistazsuperlative degree of *mikilaz; most
3Proto-Germanicmikilazgreat, large; much, many
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵa-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵa- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mikilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic maistaz →