Where does “mit” come from?

mit (German) comes from Middle High German mite, from Old High German mit, from Proto-West Germanic midi, from Proto-Germanic midi, from Proto-Indo-European meth₂, from Proto-Indo-European mé — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

mit (German): with; with, by; at

Definitions

  1. with; with, by; at

Ancestry of “mit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmite—
2Old High Germanmitwith
3Proto-West Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together; middle, mid
4Proto-Germanicmidiwith, by, through; along, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeth₂with
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméin the middle of, near, by, around, with

Words derived from “mit”

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