Where does “mistolke” come from?
mistolke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål mis-, 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...
mistolke (Norwegian Bokmål): to misinterpret
Ancestry of “mistolke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | mis- | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | mis- | mis-, wrong, erroneous |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | missa- | mis-, badly, wrongly |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mitto | mutual, reciprocal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |