Etymology

mistle

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Today it means: mistletoe Full definition →

Middle English mistel ← Old English mistel ← Proto-West Germanic *mistil
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mistle · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mistilaz“mistle”
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*mistil“mistle”
  3. Old English · inherited frommistel“mistletoe”
  4. Middle English · inherited frommistel“mistletoe”
  5. English todaymistle

From Middle English mistel (“mistletoe”), from Old English mistel (“mistletoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistil (“mistle”), from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz (“mistle”).

mistle · verb2

Presumably from mist + -le (frequentative suffix).

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