Where does “missa” come from?
missa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse missa, from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
missa (Icelandic): to lose
Ancestry of “missa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | missa | to miss, lose |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | missijaną | to miss, go wrong, fail |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mēyt- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |