Where does “missitten” come from?

missitten (Middle English) comes from Middle English mis, from Old English mȳs, from Proto-Germanic mūsiz, from Proto-Germanic mūs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.

missitten (Middle English): To sit badly on; to misbecome

Definitions

  1. To sit badly on; to misbecome

Ancestry of “missitten”, step by step

missitten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English mis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmis—
2Old Englishmȳsmice
3Proto-Germanicmūsizmice
4Proto-Germanicmūsmouse
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via Middle English sitten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsittento sit
2Old Englishsittanto sit
3Proto-West Germanic*sittjanto sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūs →Every word from Proto-Germanic mūsiz →