Where does “Missbildung” come from?

Missbildung (German) comes from German miß-, from Middle High German mis-, from Old High German missa-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Missbildung (German): malformation, deformity

Definitions

  1. malformation, deformity

Ancestry of “Missbildung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmiß-—
2Middle High Germanmis-—
3Old High Germanmissa-mis-
4Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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