Where does “*mistil” come from?

*mistil (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic mistil, from Proto-Germanic mistilaz, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

Ancestry of “*mistil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmistilmistletoe
2Proto-Germanicmistilazmistletoe
3Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit

Words derived from “*mistil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed-Every word from Proto-Germanic mistilazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic mistil