Where does “mistrack” come from?

mistrack (English) comes from English track, from Middle English trak, from Old French trac, from Middle Dutch treck, from Old Dutch trecken, from Proto-West Germanic *trakkjan, from Proto-Germanic trakjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.

mistrack (English): To track incorrectly

Definitions

  1. To track incorrectly

Ancestry of “mistrack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrackA mark left by something that has passed along; A...
2Middle Englishtrak—
3Old Frenchtractrack of horses, trail, trace; track; a track,...
4Middle Dutchtreck—
5Old Dutchtrecken—
6Proto-West Germanic*trakkjanto drag
7Proto-Germanictrakjanąto drag
8Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →