Mies

See also: mies, míes, and mīes

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German mies, from Old High German mios, an ablauted form of mos, from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss, bog”). Cognate with German Mies.

Noun

Mies n

(Uri) moss

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 65.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -is

Proper noun

Mies f

a diminutive of the female given name Maria

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