Etymology Explorer
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Where does “mist” come from?
mist (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon mist, from Proto-West Germanic *mistu.
Ancestry of “mist”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Saxon
mist
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2
Proto-West Germanic
*mistu
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Words derived from “mist”
Mest
Mestforkj
Mesthupen
Mestkjniepa
Mestworm
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