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מיטע
‘customs, tolls; rent’

מיטע
'customs, tolls; rent'

ETYMOLOGY

Polish myto, Ukrainian мито, Belarusian мыта < Proto-Slavic ✱myto < OHG mūta (> NHG Maut)
The meaning 'rent' perhaps influenced by NHG Miete
{Astravukh 546; Majtczak}
{This is likely two separate words, a Slavism and a Germanism, which were perhaps distinguished by a long /iː/ in the latter]