See superlative *messamos for etymology. *<span class="searchmatch">messais</span> (superlative *messamos) worse Goidelic: Old Irish: messa Irish: measa Scottish Gaelic: miosa Manx: messey...
Superlative *-isamos formation corresponding to comparative *<span class="searchmatch">messais</span>. The root of this adjective is unclear; LEIA entertains a connection to *medyetor...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *met-. Cognate with Latin metō. *meteti to reap to cut *metelā (“band of reapers”) *metelos *de-messos Old Irish: demess (“shears...