Where does “rasmassa” come from?

rasmassa (Swedish) comes from Swedish mässa, 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...

rasmassa (Swedish): a volume of falling stones, a landslide

Definitions

  1. a volume of falling stones, a landslide

Ancestry of “rasmassa”, step by step

rasmassa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish mässa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmässaa mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...
2Old Norsemessamass, church service; to say mass
3LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
4Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
5Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
6Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via Swedish ras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrasa race; a collapse; a mudslide
2Old Norserásrace, running; course, channel; company, host
3Proto-Germanicrēsōa running; a course; a rush
4Proto-Indo-Europeanreh₁s-to flow, rush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-Every word from Proto-Italic meitōEvery word from Latin mittō
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