Where does “mieskeit” come from?

mieskeit (English) comes from Yiddish מיאוסקייט, from Yiddish ־קייט, from Yiddish ־יק, from Middle High German -ec, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

mieskeit (English): An ugly person

Definitions

  1. An ugly person

Ancestry of “mieskeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמיאוסקייטugliness
2Yiddish־קייט-ness; -ity; -hood; -ship
3Yiddish־יק-y, -ic
4Middle High German-ec—
5Old High German-ig—
6Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
7Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
8Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Proto-Germanic -gaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -g →