Where does “Missklang” come from?

Missklang (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...

Missklang (German): dissonance, discord

Definitions

  1. dissonance, discord

Ancestry of “Missklang”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →