Where does “miete” come from?

miete (Middle High German) comes from Old High German miata, from Proto-West Germanic miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic mizdō, from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ancestry of “miete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmiata—
2Proto-West Germanicmiʀdureward
3Proto-Germanicmizdōreward
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmisdʰósreward, prize; wages, payment
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “miete”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European misdʰós →Every word from Proto-Germanic mizdō →