Where does “misundelig” come from?

misundelig (Danish) comes from Danish misunde, from Danish mis-, from Old Norse mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

misundelig (Danish): envious

Definitions

  1. envious

Ancestry of “misundelig”, step by step

misundelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish misunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmisundeto envy
2Danishmis-mis-; bad, wrong, erroneous
3Old Norsemis-mis-, wrong, erroneous
4Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

via Danish lig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishligequal to; like, similar to; body, corpse
2Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
3Middle Low Germanlīk—
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →