Etymograph

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Maske

Maske comes from French masque, from Italian maschera ‘mask’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to dip, sink’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to dip, sink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*maskwǭ‘mesh, netting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*maskā‘mesh, net’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmasca‘mask’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentmaschera‘mask’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentmasque
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentMaske
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mesg-‘to dip, sink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*maskwǭ‘mesh, netting’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*maskā‘mesh, net’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmasca‘mask’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentmaschera‘mask’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentmasque
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentMaske
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *mesg- ‘to dip, sink’

emergency, emerge, merge, immersion, immerse, 4 more

through Proto-West Germanic *maskā ‘mesh, net’

mesh, 1 more

through Latin masca ‘mask’

mascot, 1 more

through Italian maschera ‘mask’

mascara, 3 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mesg- / Maske

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