Where does “*missijan” come from?

*missijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic missijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mēyt-, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

*missijan (Proto-West Germanic): to go wrong, fail

Definitions

  1. to go wrong, fail

Ancestry of “*missijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmissijanąto miss, go wrong, fail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēyt-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “*missijan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic missijaną →