Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To stir together. · To combine (items from two or more sources normally kept separate). · To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts. · To blend by the use of a mixer (machine).
From Middle English mixen (attested in past tense as mixed, myxyd), from Old English *mixian, miscian, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan, from Proto-West Germanic *miskijan (“to mix”), from Proto-Indo-European *miḱ-sḱé-ti, from *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian miskje (“to mix, blend”), Middle Dutch mischen (“to mix”), Low German misken, mischen (“to mix”), Old High German miskian, miskēn (“to mix”) (German mischen), Welsh mysgu (“to mix”), Latin misceō (“mix”), Ancient Greek μῑ́γνῡμῐ (mī́gnūmĭ, “to mix”), Old Church Slavonic мѣсити (měsiti, “to mix”), Lithuanian mišti and maišyti (“to mix”), Sanskrit मिश्र (miśra, “mixed”), Persian آمیختن (âmixtan, “to mix”), Old English māsc (“mixture, mash”). More at mash.
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- Root classification mention*meyḱ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmixenenm
- Inherited-form mention*mixianang
- Inherited-form mention*miskijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*miskijangmw-pro · to mix
- Cognate mentionmiskjestq
- Cognate mentionmischendum
- Cognate mentionmiskiangoh
- Cognate mentionmischende
- Cognate mentionmysgucy
- Cognate mentionmisceōla
- Cognate mentionμῑ́γνῡμῐgrc
- Cognate mentionмѣситиcu
- Cognate mentionmištilt
- Cognate mentionमिश्रsa
- Cognate mentionآمیختنfa
- Cognate mentionmāscang
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