missan

From Middle High German muozen, from Old High German muozan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną (“to be allowed to”). Cognate with German müssen, Dutch moeten, English mote.

missan (irregular, third-person singular present indicative miss) (Sette Comuni, auxiliary)

1. must, to have to
2. (auxiliary) Indicates presumption in the future tense:

   Synonym: haban

   Ich miss so stèrban.

   [I presume] I will die.

• béllan

• “missan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

From Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną (“to go wrong”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”). Akin to Old Frisian missa, Old High German missen, Old Norse missa. Akin to Old English miss (“loss, absence”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis.sɑn/

missan

1. to miss (+ genitive)
2. to not notice something (+ dative)

• Middle English: missen
  • English: miss
  • Scots: mis, mys