Where does “געמיש” come from?

געמיש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish מישן, from Middle High German mischen, from Old High German miskan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan — to mix, combine.

געמיש (Yiddish): mixture

Definitions

  1. mixture

Ancestry of “געמיש”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמישןto mix
2Middle High Germanmischento mix
3Old High Germanmiskanto mix
4Proto-West Germanic*miskijanto mix, combine

Words derived from “געמיש”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan →Every word from Old High German miskan →Every word from Middle High German mischen →