Where does “mistel” come from?

mistel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch mistel, from Old Dutch *mistil, from Proto-West Germanic mistil, from Proto-Germanic mistilaz, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

Ancestry of “mistel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmistel—
2Old Dutch*mistil—
3Proto-West Germanicmistilmistletoe
4Proto-Germanicmistilazmistletoe
5Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mistilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mistil →