Words that come from Proto-Celtic *meinis

400 words across 51 languages descend from Proto-Celtic *meinis — including mean, meaning, mine, mining, meaningful, mineral, domination, undermine.

See the etymology of *meinis itself →

English (162)

French (33)

German (31)

Italian (19)

Dutch (18)

Russian (13)

Irish (12)

Finnish (9)

Spanish (8)

Esperanto (7)

Latin (6)

Swedish (6)

Romanian (6)

Polish (5)

Manx (5)

Old French (5)

Danish (4)

Catalan (4)

Welsh (3)

Scottish Gaelic (3)

Breton (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Ido (2)

Georgian (2)

Occitan (2)

Portuguese (2)

Norman (2)

Middle English (2)

Khmer (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Chavacano (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Gaulish (1)

Basque (1)

Ladin (1)

Galician (1)

Gallo (1)

Middle French (1)

Armenian (1)

Hungarian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Albanian (1)

Greek (1)

Cornish (1)

Persian (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)

Malay (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Words from Proto-Celtic *meinis — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer