Where does “mixen” come from?

mixen (English) comes from Old English myxen, from Old English mixen, from Old English meohx, from Old English meox, from Old English mīgan, from Proto-Germanic mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- — to urinate.

mixen (English): A compost heap; a dunghill

Definitions

  1. A compost heap; a dunghill

Ancestry of “mixen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmyxen—
2Old Englishmixena mixen; a dungheap; a dunghill
3Old Englishmeohx—
4Old Englishmeoxpoop
5Old Englishmīganto urinate, piss, pee
6Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate

Words derived from “mixen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīganą →Every word from Old English mīgan →