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Where does “miþan” come from?

miþan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic mīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

miþan (Old English): to hide, conceal, dissemble

Definitions

  1. to hide, conceal, dissemble

Ancestry of “miþan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicmīþanąTo avoid, evade, shun
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
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