Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/missa-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *missaz, *missijaz (“interchanged, alternate, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitstos (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).

Prefix

*missa-

mis-, badly, wrongly

Derived terms

► <a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Germanic_words_prefixed_with_*missa-' title='Category:Proto-Germanic words prefixed with *missa-'>Proto-Germanic words prefixed with *missa-</a>

Related terms

*missijaną

Descendants

Old English: mis-
- Middle English: mis-, mys-
  - Scots: mis-
  - English: mis-
Old Frisian: mis-
- Saterland Frisian: mis-
Old Saxon: mis-
- Middle Low German: mis-
Frankish: *missa-, *mis-
- Old Dutch: mis-
  - Middle Dutch: mis-
    - Dutch: mis-
      - Afrikaans: mis-
- → Old French: mes-
  - Middle French: mes-
    - French: més-, mé-
- → Occitan: mes-
Old High German: missa-, missi-
- Middle High German: misse-
  - German: miss-, mis-
Old Norse: mis-
- Icelandic: mis-
- Faroese: mis-
- Norwegian: mis-
- Swedish: miss-
- Danish: mis-
Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰- (missa-)