Messing
See also: messing
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the Old English personal name Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).[1]
Proper noun edit
Messing
- A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.
Proper noun edit
Messing (plural Messings)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messing”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.
References edit
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German messinc, from Proto-West Germanic *massing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Messing n (strong, genitive Messings, no plural)
Declension edit
Declension of Messing [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “masjinga”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
Further reading edit
- “Messing” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Messing” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Messing” in Duden online
- Messing on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Messing” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.