Where does “misundelse” come from?

misundelse (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...

misundelse (Danish): envy

Definitions

  1. envy

Ancestry of “misundelse”, step by step

misundelse 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 Else

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishElse—
2DanishElisabethElizabeth biblical figure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →