Where does “mí-” come from?

mí- (Irish) comes from Old Irish mí-, from Proto-Indo-European mēi-.

mí- (Irish): Having a negative or missing quality; not

Definitions

  1. Having a negative or missing quality; not

Ancestry of “mí-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmí-evil, ill, sinister
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—

Words derived from “mí-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēi- →Every word from Old Irish mí- →