Where does “mīte” come from?

mīte (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

mīte (Middle Dutch): moth, mite

Definitions

  1. moth, mite

Ancestry of “mīte”, step by step

mīte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mēta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmētacone, pyramid
2Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
3Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
4Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Proto-Germanic mītǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmītǭbiting insect; literally, cutter; biting insect
2Proto-Germanicmaitanąto cut, hew; to cut off, sever
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēi-—

via Old Dutch mīta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmīta—
2Proto-Germanicmītōn—

Words derived from “mīte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →