Messing
German (Berlin)
/ˈmɛsɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- brass
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German messinc derived from Proto-Germanic *masjinga- derived from Ancient Greek Μοσσύνοικοι (Mossynoeci) derived from Latin massa (mass, dough, lump, bulk).
Origin
Latin
massa
Gloss
mass, dough, lump, bulk
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- messinki Finnish
- *massārius Latin
- Mossynoeci Latin
- massa Latin
- Masse German
- farbig German
- messingen German
- messingfarben German
- messingfarbig German
- massa Italian
- en masse French
- masse French
- ма́сса Russian
- masa Spanish, Castilian
- Μοσσύνοικοι Ancient Greek
- μόσσῡν Ancient Greek
- μᾶζα Ancient Greek
- μᾶζᾰ Ancient Greek
- οἰκέω Ancient Greek
- masse Norwegian Bokmål
- *masjinga- Proto-Germanic
- massa Swedish
- mässing Swedish
- masse Norwegian Nynorsk
- mæsling Old English
- messing Danish
- mosaz Czech
- mosazný Czech
- mesing Serbo-Croatian
- argamassa Catalan, Valencian
- massa Catalan, Valencian
- masse Middle Dutch
- messinc Middle Dutch
- mass Old Irish
- messing Faroese
- messinc Middle High German
- massif Middle French
- massa Old Portuguese
- mässinger Old Swedish
- Jeelmäsk Saterland Frisian
- Mäsken Saterland Frisian
- masse xno
- massa Crimean Tatar