Where does “mitten” come from?

Mitten comes from Middle English myten, from Old French miton, from Frankish mitamo, from Frankish mitti, from Proto-Germanic midją, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos meaning middle.

mitten (English): A type of glove or garment that covers a hand...

Definitions

  1. A type of glove or garment that covers a hand...

Ancestry of “mitten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmyteyneA glove or mitten
2Old Frenchmitainemitten
3Frankishmitamo—
4Frankishmittimidpoint
5Proto-Germanicmidjąmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “mitten”

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