Where does “mixen” come from?

mixen (Old English) comes from Old English meohx, from Old English meox, from Old English mīgan, from Proto-Germanic mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- — to urinate.

mixen (Old English): a mixen; a dungheap; a dunghill

Definitions

  1. a mixen; a dungheap; a dunghill

Ancestry of “mixen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmeohx—
2Old Englishmeoxpoop
3Old Englishmīganto urinate, piss, pee
4Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate

Words derived from “mixen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meiǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīganą →Every word from Old English mīgan →