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Where does “mistel” come from?

mistel (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic mistil, from Proto-Germanic mistilaz, from Proto-Indo-European sed- — to sit.

mistel (Old English): mistletoe; translates Latin ōcimum ; as basil did...

Definitions

  1. mistletoe; translates Latin ōcimum ; as basil did...

Ancestry of “mistel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmistilmistletoe
2Proto-Germanicmistilazmistletoe
3Proto-Indo-Europeansed-to sit

Words derived from “mistel”

  • mistletoe
  • mistle
  • mistletoebird
  • mistletoed
  • mistel
  • mistelto
  • mistel-tō
  • mistil-tān
  • mistiltān
  • misteltān
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