mist
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse mistr inherited from Proto-Germanic *mihstaz (mist, fog).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*mihstaz
Gloss
mist, fog
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
霞, 霧
Emoji
🌁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemist English
- demist English
- enmist English
- groundmist English
- mist English
- misteous English
- mistflower English
- mistful English
- mistless English
- mistlike English
- misty English
- unmist English
- *h₃migʰstos Proto-Indo-European
- *migʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *mihstaz Proto-Germanic
- *mīganą Proto-Germanic
- mist Old English
- mist Middle English
- mistr Old Norse
- *mist Old Dutch
- miseln Middle Low German