Where does “מײַדן” come from?

מײַדן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German mīden, from Old High German mīdan, from Old English miþan, from Proto-Germanic mīþaną, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

מײַדן (Yiddish): to avoid, to keep away from

Definitions

  1. to avoid, to keep away from

Ancestry of “מײַדן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmīden—
2Old High Germanmīdan—
3Old Englishmiþanto hide, conceal, dissemble
4Proto-GermanicmīþanąTo avoid, evade, shun
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “מײַדן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīþaną →Every word from Old English miþan →