Where does “misvatting” come from?

misvatting (Dutch) comes from Dutch misvatten, 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...

misvatting (Dutch): misunderstanding, fallacy

Definitions

  1. misunderstanding, fallacy

Ancestry of “misvatting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmisvattento misunderstand, misapprehend
2Dutchmis-mis
3Middle Dutchmis-mis
4Old Dutchmis-mis
5Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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