Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/miss-

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

Probably via *missaz from Proto-Indo-European *mit(h₂)-tós, from the root *meyth₂- (“to change, swap, remove”).

Noun

*miss-

1. loss
2. absence

Derived terms

• ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *missą
  • Proto-West Germanic: *miss
    • Old English: miss, mis — late Old English
      • Middle English: mis, mys, misse, mysse (merged with Old Norse missir, missa)
        • English: miss
        • Scots: mis, miss
• ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *missaz
  • Old Saxon: *miss
    • Middle Low German: mis
• ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *missijaz
  • Old Norse: missir
    • Icelandic: missir
    • Faroese: missur
• ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *missǭ
  • Old Norse: missa
    • Icelandic: missa

Related terms

• *missijaną