Where does “missen” come from?

missen (Middle English) comes from Old English missan, from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ancestry of “missen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmissanto miss; to not notice something
2Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
4Proto-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 →