Where does “misstycka” come from?
misstycka (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.
misstycka (Swedish): to disapprove, to dislike, to object, to mind (somebody doing something), to take offense
Definitions
- to disapprove, to dislike, to object, to mind (somebody doing something), to take offense
Ancestry of “misstycka”, step by step
misstycka 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 tycka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tycka | to think of, to have an opinion about; to opine,... |
| 2 | Polish | tyćki | — |
| 3 | Polish | -ki | forms masculine adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ъkъ | Forms diminutives from old u-stem nouns;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | -kъ | Deverbal, forms token nouns; From expressive or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |