Where does “myxen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “myxen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmixena mixen; a dungheap; a dunghill
2Old Englishmeohx—
3Old Englishmeoxpoop
4Old Englishmīganto urinate, piss, pee
5Proto-Germanicmīganąto urinate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeiǵʰ-to urinate

Words derived from “myxen”

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