mestr

Old Norse

adj

Definitions

most
largest

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *maistaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*maistaz

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

mest Norwegian Bokmål
mestepart Norwegian Bokmål
*maist Proto-Germanic
*maistaz Proto-Germanic
mest Swedish
mest Norwegian Nynorsk
mestepart Norwegian Nynorsk
mǣst Old English
mestur Icelandic
meist Old High German
mest Faroese
mestur Faroese
𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 Gothic
*mēsto Old Dutch
mest Old Saxon