Where does “missan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “missan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic missijaną →
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