Where does “miz-” come from?

miz- (Yola) comes from Middle English mis-, from Old English mis-, from Proto-Germanic missa-, from Proto-Indo-European mitto, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

miz- (Yola): mis

Definitions

  1. mis

Ancestry of “miz-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmis-
2Old Englishmis-bad, badly, wrong, wrongly; lack or failure
3Proto-Germanicmissa-mis-, badly, wrongly
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmittomutual, reciprocal
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

Words derived from “miz-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂-
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