Old Norse mestr

← Proto-Germanic *maistaz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (mention)

→ Faroese mest (derived)

→ Faroese mestur (inherited)

→ Old High German meist (cognate)

→ Icelandic mestur (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål mest (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk mest (derived)

→ Swedish mest (derived)