Old English mæst

← Old English māst (alter)

← Old English mete (cognate)

← German Mast (cognate)

← German Mast (cognate)

← Middle Dutch mast (cognate)

← Middle Dutch mast (cognate)

← Middle English most (link)

← Middle English moste (link)

← Proto-Germanic *maistaz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *maist (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *mastaz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *masta- (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *maist (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *mast (inherited)

← Old High German mast (cognate)

← Old High German mast (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *mad(z)do- (derived)

← Latin madere (cognate)

← Dutch mast (cognate)

← Scots mast (link)

← Scots maist (link)

→ English mast (derived)

→ English mast (derived)

→ Old English mæstan (affix)