Where does “mista” come from?

mista (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse missa, from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mista (Norwegian Nynorsk): to lose

Definitions

  1. to lose

Ancestry of “mista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemissato miss, lose
2Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mista”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic missijaną →
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