Where does “missförstå” come from?
missförstå (Swedish) comes from Swedish miss, from English Miss, from English Mistress, from Middle English maistresse, from Old French maistresse, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister, from Proto-Italic magisteros — big, great.
missförstå (Swedish): to misunderstand
Definitions
- to misunderstand
Ancestry of “missförstå”, step by step
missförstå traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish miss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | miss | A failure to hit; A mistake; A beauty; a winner... |
| 2 | English | Miss | Form of address, now used chiefly for an... |
| 3 | English | Mistress | Used as the title of a married woman before her... |
| 4 | Middle English | maistresse | mistress |
| 5 | Old French | maistresse | — |
| 6 | Old French | maistre | master; Master; magister |
| 7 | Latin | magister | teacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | magisteros | bigger, greater |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂isteros | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |
via Swedish förstå
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | förstå | to understand |
| 2 | Old Swedish | forstanda | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vorstān | to understand |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vor- | modyfying verb-prefix, denoting amongst other... |
| 5 | Old Saxon | far- | forming verbs from verbs with various senses... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fra- | off, away; completely, fully, up |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |