Where does “missen” come from?

missen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch missen, from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

missen (Middle Dutch): to miss, to not hit; to miss, to lack, to not...

Definitions

  1. to miss, to not hit; to miss, to lack, to not...

Ancestry of “missen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmissen—
2Proto-West Germanic*missijanto go wrong, fail
3Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “missen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic missijaną →