Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/missa-

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

Alternative forms

• *missī-

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-

1. mis-, badly, wrongly

Derived terms

Proto-Germanic terms prefixed with *missa-

Related terms

• *miss-
• *missijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *missa-, *missī-
  • Old English: mis-
    • Middle English: mys-, mes-, mis-
      • English: mis-
      • Scots: mis-
  • Old Frisian: mis-
    • Saterland Frisian: mis-
    • West Frisian: mis-
  • Old Saxon: mis-
    • Middle Low German: mis-
      • German Low German: miss-
  • 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 Bokmål: mis-
  • Swedish: miss-
  • Danish: mis-
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰- (missa-)