Where does “missa” come from?

missa (Faroese) comes from Old Norse missa, from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

missa (Faroese): to lose

Definitions

  1. to lose

Ancestry of “missa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemissato miss, lose
2Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic missijaną →