Where does “misvatten” come from?

misvatten (Dutch) comes from Dutch mis-, from Middle Dutch mis-, from Old Dutch mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

misvatten (Dutch): to misunderstand, misapprehend

Definitions

  1. to misunderstand, misapprehend

Ancestry of “misvatten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmis-mis
2Middle Dutchmis-mis
3Old Dutchmis-mis
4Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “misvatten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →