出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/12/18 01:28 UTC 版)
Inherited from 中期英語 *mystal, from myx (“dung”) + stal (“shed”).
For the disappearance of /k/ before /st/, compare the disappearance of /x/ before /st/ in Anglian 古期英語 hēst (“highest”), nēst (“nearest”), and sesta (“sixth”), surviving in Scots neest (“next”).