Where does “misfadian” come from?

misfadian (Old English) comes from Old English mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

misfadian (Old English): to arrange or order incorrectly

Definitions

  1. to arrange or order incorrectly

Ancestry of “misfadian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmis-bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure
2Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mitto →Every word from Proto-Germanic missa- →