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

miegen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch migen

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

via Low German miegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low Germanmiegento urinate
2Old Englishmīganto urinate, piss, pee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mīgan →