Where does “mithan” come from?

mithan (Old Saxon) comes from Old English miþan, from Proto-Germanic mīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mithan (Old Saxon): to dissemble, conceal; to avoid

Definitions

  1. to dissemble, conceal; to avoid

Ancestry of “mithan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmiþanto hide, conceal, dissemble
2Proto-GermanicmīþanąTo avoid, evade, shun
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “mithan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīþaną →Every word from Old English miþan →