Where does “Miete” come from?

Miete (German) comes from Middle High German miete, from Old High German miata, from Proto-West Germanic miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic mizdō, from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Miete (German): rent

Definitions

  1. rent

Ancestry of “Miete”, step by step

Miete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German miete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmiete—
2Old High Germanmiata—
3Proto-West Germanicmiʀdureward
4Proto-Germanicmizdōreward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmisdʰósreward, prize; wages, payment
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Latin mēta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmētacone, pyramid
2Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
3Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
4Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

Words derived from “Miete”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic mizdō →