Where does “meiden” come from?

meiden (German) comes from Middle High German mīden, from Old High German mīdan, from Old English miþan, from Proto-Germanic mīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

meiden (German): to avoid; to shun

Definitions

  1. to avoid; to shun

Ancestry of “meiden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmīden—
2Old High Germanmīdan—
3Old Englishmiþanto hide, conceal, dissemble
4Proto-GermanicmīþanąTo avoid, evade, shun
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “meiden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīþaną →Every word from Old English miþan →