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.
Ancestry of “*missijan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | missijaną | to miss, go wrong, fail |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | mēyt- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |