Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/missaz

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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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mitH-tó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (to change, exchange). Equivalent to *mīþaną (to avoid, evade) +‎ *-þaz.[1]

Adjective

*missaz

  1. wrong
  2. divergent

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *miss(ī)
    • Old Dutch: *mis
      • Middle Dutch: mis, mes (wrong)
        • Dutch: mis (missed, off target)
    • Old High German: missi (different)
      • Middle High German: mis
        • German: mis (dialectal)
  • Old Norse: miss (wrong)
    • ? Old Norse: ýmiss (various) (with unclear ý-)
  • Gothic: *𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃 (*miss)

References

  1. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “*missa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 413