Messing

See also: messing

English

Etymology 1

From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).[1]

Proper noun

Messing

  1. A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.

Proper noun

Messing (plural Messings)

  1. A surname from German.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Messing is the 12289th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2530 individuals. Messing is most common among White (92.69%) individuals.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

German

Etymology

    From Middle High German messinc, from Proto-West Germanic *massing.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈmɛsɪŋ/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Messing n (strong, genitive Messings, no plural)

    1. brass

    Declension

    Declension of Messing [sg-only, neuter, strong]
    singular
    indef. def. noun
    nominative ein das Messing
    genitive eines des Messings
    dative einem dem Messing
    accusative ein das Messing

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Hungarian: messing
    • → Macedonian: месинг (mesing)
    • → Pannonian Rusyn: месинґ (mesing)
    • → Serbo-Croatian: mèsing
    • → Slovene: mēsing
    • → Slovincian: mësing

    References

    • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “masjinga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356

    Further reading

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