miskenning

The story

1. Old English · inherited frommiscennung“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”
2. Middle English · inherited frommiskenninge
3. English todaymiskenning

From Middle English miskenninge, from Old English miscennung (“a mistake or variation in pleading before a court, a fine exacted for such a mistake”), equivalent to misken + -ing or mis- + kenning. Cognate with Dutch miskenning (“misunderstanding, mistreatment”).