Where does “miezelen” come from?

miezelen (Dutch) comes from Middle Low German miseln, from Proto-Germanic mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- — to urinate.

miezelen (Dutch): to drizzle, rain gently

Definitions

  1. to drizzle, rain gently

Ancestry of “miezelen”, step by step

miezelen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German miseln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmiseln—
2Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate

via Middle Dutch misel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmiseldrizzle, mist

Words derived from “miezelen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīganą →Every word from Middle Low German miseln →