Where does “miss” come from?

miss (German) comes from German messen, from Middle High German mëȥȥen, from Old High German mëȥȥen, from Proto-Germanic *metan, from Proto-Germanic metaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēd-, from Proto-Indo-European med- — to measure; to give advice; healing.

miss (German): second-person singular imperative of messen

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of messen

Ancestry of “miss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmessento measure; to compete; to measure; to be a given...
2Middle High Germanmëȥȥen—
3Old High Germanmëȥȥen—
4Proto-Germanic*metan—
5Proto-Germanicmetanąto measure
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēd-to measure
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic metaną →