Where does “missverständlich” come from?

missverständlich (German) comes from German missverstehen, 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...

missverständlich (German): misleading

Definitions

  1. misleading

Ancestry of “missverständlich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmissverstehento misunderstand, to misapprehend
2Germanmiß-—
3Middle High Germanmis-—
4Old High Germanmissa-mis-
5Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “missverständlich”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →