Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/miskijaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

• *miskaną^[1]

From earlier *mihsk-, from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé- (*sḱé- inchoative present) (whence Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μίσγω (mísgō, “mix”)), from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix, knead”). Cognate with *maiskaz, *maiskō (“mixture”), Old Irish mescaid (“mix”), Sanskrit मेक्षयति (mekṣáyati, “to mingle, mix”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

*miskijaną

1. to mix, combine

• *maiskaz
• *maiską

• Proto-West Germanic: *miskijan, *miskōn
  • Old English: *mixian, miscian
    • Middle English: mixen (attested in myxyd (past participle))
      • Scots: mix
      • English: mix
        • → Esperanto: miksi
        • → Dutch: mixen
        • → German: mixen
  • Old Frisian: *miskia
    • Saterland Frisian: miskje
    • West Frisian: mjuksje
  • Old Saxon: *misken, *miskōn
    • Middle Low German: mischen, meschen
      • German Low German: mischen, misken
  • Frankish: *misken, *miscen; *misklōn; *misklinga
    • Old Dutch: misken
      • Middle Dutch: mischen, misschen
        • Dutch: (obsolete) misschen, (dialectal) missen, miesjen, meisjen
        • Limburgish: miesje
        • ⇒ Middle Dutch: misschelen
          • Dutch: (obsolete) misschelen, misselen
    • →⇒ Old French: meslinges, meslance (likely, due to the fossilised germanic suffix appended to this word)
      • Middle French: meslange, mélange
        • French: mélange; mélanger
  • Old High German: miskian, misgēn, miskēn; miscilōn, miskilōn, miskelōn
    • Middle High German: mischen
      • German: mischen
      • Luxembourgish: mëschen