Where does “mistil” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mistil”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mistil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mistilaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic mistil →