Where does “miss” come from?
miss (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian mikä, from Proto-Finnic mi, from Proto-Uralic mi — what.
miss (Ingrian): inessive singular of mikä
Definitions
- inessive singular of mikä
Ancestry of “miss”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | mikä | what?; which, that; which? what? |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mi | what |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | mi | what |
Words derived from “miss”