myst
Middle English
/mist/, /mist/
noun
Definitions
- Weather characterized by the suspension of water droplets in the air; mist, fog.
- Steam, vapour.
- A plume of smoke.
- Dimness in vision.
- (figurative) Anything that darkens or obscures the mind or spirit.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mist (darkness, dimness, mist) inherited from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (mist, fog) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *migʰ-, *meygʰ- (be dark, cloud, flicker, blink, mist).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*meygʰ-
Gloss
be dark, cloud, flicker, blink, mist
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雲, 曇
Emoji
☁️ ⛅️ ⛈️ 🌤️ 🌥️ 🌦️ 🌧️ 🌨️ 🌩️ 🌪️ 🌫️ 🌬️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- misty English
- *h₃meygʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃migʰstos Proto-Indo-European
- *meygʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *migʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mihstaz Proto-Germanic
- *mīganą Proto-Germanic
- mist Old English
- mistiġ Old English
- mest Middle English
- meyst Middle English
- mist Middle English
- miste Middle English
- misti Middle English
- misty Middle English
- myste Middle English
- mysti Middle English
- mysty Middle English
- mistr Old Norse
- *mist Old Dutch
- miseln Middle Low German