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Where does “miden” come from?

miden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch mīthan, from Old English miþan, from Proto-Germanic mīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

miden (Middle Dutch): to avoid

Definitions

  1. to avoid

Ancestry of “miden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmīthan—
2Old Englishmiþanto hide, conceal, dissemble
3Proto-GermanicmīþanąTo avoid, evade, shun
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “miden”

  • echtmijding
  • mijden
  • zorgmijder
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