Messer.
knife
Meaning & usage
knife
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Germanic *sahsą Proto-West Germanic *sahs Proto-West Germanic *matisahs Old High German mezzisahs Middle High German messer German Messer From Middle High German messer, mezzer, from Old High German mezzir, mezzeres, mezzirahs, mezzisahs (“knife”), from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“knife used for cutting food”).
agent noun of messen measurer, surveyor
agent noun of messen gauge, meter
Where this word comes from
From the verb messen.
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