Where does “mis-” come from?

mis- (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mis- (Norwegian Bokmål): A prefix used to negate a noun or verb, e.g. forstå (understand) > misforstå > (misunderstand)

Definitions

  1. A prefix used to negate a noun or verb, e.g. forstå (understand) > misforstå > (misunderstand)

Ancestry of “mis-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mis-”

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