Where does “missan” come from?

missan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

missan (Old English): to miss; to not notice something

Definitions

  1. to miss; to not notice something

Ancestry of “missan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “missan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic missijaną →