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English word mask comes from Proto-Indo-European *mozgʷ-, Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, Proto-Indo-European *moiḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂-, and later Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ (Loop, knot. Mesh used as a filter, facemask. Mesh, netting.)
*mozgʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*meyǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*moiḱ-sḱ-o/eh₂- (Proto-Indo-European)
*mozgo- (Proto-Indo-European)
netting, mesh, knot, loop
*maihskaz (Proto-Germanic)
*maskwǭ (Proto-Germanic)
Loop, knot. Mesh used as a filter, facemask. Mesh, netting.
mæscre (Old English)
Mesh. Spot, blemish.
*maiskaz (Proto-Germanic)
A mash. Mixture.
mǣsc- (Old English)
*masc (Old English)
maske (Middle English)
mask (English)
(UK, _, dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.. A mesh.