Where does “misse-” come from?

misse- (Middle High German) comes from Old High German missa-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Ancestry of “misse-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmissa-mis-
2Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “misse-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →