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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

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...
5Latinmittō—
6Proto-Italicmeitō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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