Where does “miz” come from?
miz (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian miss, from Ingrian mikä, from Proto-Finnic mi, from Proto-Uralic mi — what.
miz (Ingrian): where?
Ancestry of “miz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | miss | inessive singular of mikä |
| 2 | Ingrian | mikä | what?; which, that; which? what? |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | mi | what |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | mi | what |