generic negation prefix, used for adjectives, adverbs and participles; un-, dis-, -less, non-
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne Proto-Slavic *ne Old Polish nie Old Polish nie- Polish nie- Inherited from Old Polish nie-.
indicates actions whose direction is pointing away from the speaker, either literally or figuratively · indicates the unsuccessful or inaccurate completion of an action · indicates separation, deprivation, etc.
köken: Cognate with Northern Mansi эл- (èl-).
megy (“to go, to walk”) → elmegy (“to go away”)
vet (“to throw, to cast”) → elvet (“to dismiss, to rule out, to throw out (a plan or a possible solution)”)
néz (“to look”) → elnéz (“to excuse, to forgive, to look the other way”)
köken: From Old Norse mis- (“mis-”), from Proto-Germanic *missa- (“wrongly, badly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mitto (“mutual, reciprocal”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- (“to replace, switch, exchange, swap”).