Where does “mistelto” come from?

mistelto (Middle English) comes from Old English misteltān, from Old English tān, from Proto-West Germanic *tain, from Proto-Germanic tainaz, from Proto-Indo-European doynos.

mistelto (Middle English): European mistletoe; hardened berries of mistletoe...

Definitions

  1. European mistletoe; hardened berries of mistletoe...

Ancestry of “mistelto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmisteltānmistletoe
2Old Englishtānsprig, twig; twig, switch
3Proto-West Germanic*taintwig
4Proto-Germanictainazrod; twig; straw; lot
5Proto-Indo-Europeandoynos—

Words derived from “mistelto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European doynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic tainaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tain →
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