Where does “mizzle” come from?

mizzle (English) comes from Middle English misellen, from Proto-Germanic mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- — to urinate.

mizzle (English): To rain in very fine drops; Misty rain or...

Definitions

  1. To rain in very fine drops; Misty rain or...

Ancestry of “mizzle”, step by step

mizzle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English misellen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmisellento drizzle
2Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate

via Shelta misli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sheltamisligo

Words derived from “mizzle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīganą →Every word from Middle English misellen →
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