Where does “mistel” come from?

mistel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German mistil, from Proto-West Germanic mistil, from Proto-Germanic mistilaz, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

Ancestry of “mistel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmistil—
2Proto-West Germanicmistilmistletoe
3Proto-Germanicmistilazmistletoe
4Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit

Words derived from “mistel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mistilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mistil →
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