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 mīþanąEvery word from Old English miþan
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