English
Messer
Messer comes from German Messer ‘knife’, and goes back to Proto-West Germanic *matisahs.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*matisahs‘knife used for cutting food’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050mezzisahs‘knife’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350messer
- Germanc. 1650–presentMesser‘knife’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*matisahs‘knife used for cutting food’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050mezzisahs‘knife’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350messer
- Germanc. 1650–presentMesser‘knife’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *matisahs / Messer