Where does “ミスる” come from?

ミスる (Japanese) comes from Japanese ミス, from English mistake, from Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka — to take in error, to miscarry.

ミスる (Japanese): to make a mistake

Definitions

  1. to make a mistake

Ancestry of “ミスる”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseミスmistake, error; make a mistake; Miss
2EnglishmistakeTo understand wrongly, taking one thing or person...
3Middle Englishmistaken—
4Old Norsemistakato take in error, to miscarry
Every word from Old Norse mistaka →Every word from Middle English mistaken →Every word from English mistake →