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Where does “missa-” come from?

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

missa- (Old High German): mis-

Definitions

  1. mis-

Ancestry of “missa-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “missa-”

  • mis-
  • misfatto
  • misfare
  • missmutig
  • missgelaunt
  • Missklang
  • missachten
  • missverständlich
  • missverstehen
  • miss-
  • Missbildung
  • missglückt
  • misslingen
  • missvergnügt
  • Missgunst
  • misshandeln
  • Missvergnügen
  • Missgeburt
  • Missmut
  • unmissverständlich
  • misstrauen
  • missgünstig
  • mis-
  • misse-
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