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Where does “missen” come from?

missen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Ancestry of “missen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*missijan—
2Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “missen”

  • missen
  • mispunt
  • missen
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