Where does “maşa” come from?
maşa (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ماسه, from Bulgarian ма́са, from Romanian masă, from French masse, from Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin mattia, from Latin mateola, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
maşa (Turkish): tongs
Definitions
- tongs
Ancestry of “maşa”, step by step
maşa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish ماسه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ماسه | table, especially a dining table, on which meals are served |
| 2 | Bulgarian | ма́са | table |
| 3 | Romanian | masă | table; meal; mass |
| 4 | French | masse | a paste, a dough; large amount or quantity of... |
| 5 | Old French | mace | mace weapon |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | mattia | — |
| 7 | Latin | mateola | The meaning of this term is uncertain.... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Persian ماشه
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | ماشه | pliers |