Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “meise” come from?

meise (Middle High German) comes from Old High German meisa, from Proto-West Germanic maisā, from Proto-Germanic maisǭ — titmouse, chickadee.

Ancestry of “meise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmeisapannier; titmouse
2Proto-West Germanicmaisātitmouse, chickadee
3Proto-Germanicmaisǭtitmouse, chickadee

Words derived from “meise”

  • Blaumeise
  • Meise
  • Haubenmeise
  • Kohlmeise
  • spettmeis
  • blåmeis
  • meis
  • kjøtmeis
  • granmeis
Every word from Proto-Germanic maisǭ →