*mihstaz

Runic: ᛗᛁᚺᛊᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈmix.stɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

cloud, mist, fog

Etymology

From *mig- (‘light rain, drizzle’), from Proto-Indo-European *migʰ-, *migʰ-lo- (‘drizzle, fog’), from Proto-Indo-European *meygʰ-, *h₃meygʰ- (‘to flicker, blink, be dark; cloud, mist’). Cognate with Lithuanian miglà (‘fog’), Russian мгла (mgla, ‘fog, haze’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	mihstaz	mihstōz, mihstōs
Acc.	mihstą	mihstanz
Gen.	mihstas, mihstis	mihstǫ̂
Dat.	mihstai	mihstamaz
Inst.	mihstō	mihstamiz
Voc.	mihst	mihstōz, mihstōs

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Descendants

*mist (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mist (Old Dutch)
  - mist, mest (Middle Dutch)
    - mist (Dutch)
*mist (Proto-West Germanic)
- mist (Old English)
  - mist (Middle English)
    - mist (Scots)
*mist (Proto-West Germanic)
- mist (Old English)
  - mist (Middle English)
    - mist (English)
      - mist (Norwegian Bokmål)
*mist (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mist (Old Frisian)
  - mist (West Frisian)
*mist (Proto-West Germanic)
- *mist (Old Saxon)
  - mist (Middle Low German)
    - Mist (German Low German)
mistr (Old Norse)
- mist (Danish)
- mistur (Icelandic)
- most (Norn)
- mist (Swedish)

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