Where does “meindat” come from?

meindat (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dāt, from Proto-West Germanic dādi, from Proto-Germanic dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

meindat (Old Dutch): misdeed

Definitions

  1. misdeed

Ancestry of “meindat”, step by step

meindat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch dāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdātdeed, action
2Proto-West Germanicdādideed
3Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Proto-Indo-European mein-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic dēdiz →