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-

loss
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