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Where does “miegen” come from?

miegen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch migen, from Old Dutch mīgan, from Proto-West Germanic mīgan, from Proto-Germanic mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- — to urinate.

miegen (Dutch): to urinate

Definitions

  1. to urinate

Ancestry of “miegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmigento urinate
2Old Dutchmīgan—
3Proto-West Germanicmīganto urinate
4Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate
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