Where does “mīþan” come from?

mīþan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic mīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

mīþan (Proto-West Germanic): to avoid, to evade

Definitions

  1. to avoid, to evade

Ancestry of “mīþan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicmīþanąTo avoid, evade, shun
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “mīþan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīþaną →