mistle
English
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Etymology 1
From Middle English mistel (“basil; mistletoe”), from Old English mistel (“basil; mistletoe”), from Proto-Germanic *mihstilaz (“mistle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meyǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Cognate with Dutch mistel, German Mistel, Swedish mistel.
Noun
mistle (countable and uncountable, plural mistles)
- (obsolete) mistletoe
- (countable) the mistle thrush
Etymology 2
Verb
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