Where does “miskenning” come from?
miskenning (English) comes from Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung, from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
miskenning (English): A wrong citation; present participle of misken
Definitions
- A wrong citation; present participle of misken
Ancestry of “miskenning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | miskenninge | mistake, misinterpretation |
| 2 | Old English | miscennung | a wrong declaration, a mistake or variation in... |
| 3 | Old English | -ung | forming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |