mizzle

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mizzle

    Hyphenation

    miz·zle

    Synonyms

    drizzle

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From Middle English misellen (“to drizzle”). Cognate with Low Saxon musseln (“to mizzle”), Dutch miezelen (“to drizzle, rain gently”). Of obscure origin, but apparently related to Middle Low German mes (“urine”), Middle Dutch mes, mis (“urine”), both from Old Saxon mehs (“urine”), from Proto-Germanic *miχstuz, *miχstaz, *miχsk- (“urine”), from Proto-Germanic *mīganan (“to urinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)meig'h- (“to urinate”). Compare also Old Frisian mese (“urine”), Low Saxon miegen (“to urinate”), Dutch mijgen (“to urinate”), Danish mige (“to urinate”).
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