Where does “vermieft” come from?

vermieft (German) comes from German Mief — bad-smelling air.

vermieft (German): musty

Definitions

  1. musty

Ancestry of “vermieft”, step by step

vermieft traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Mief

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMiefbad-smelling air

via German T

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanT(on license plates of government cars)

via German ver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanver
Every word from German Mief