Where does “haminté” come from?

haminté (Betawi) comes from Dutch gemeente, from Middle Dutch gemeende, from Old Dutch gimēnitha, from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.

haminté (Betawi): municipality

Definitions

  1. municipality

Ancestry of “haminté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgemeentemunicipality, commune; congregation
2Middle Dutchgemeende
3Old Dutchgimēnitha
4Proto-West Germanicgamainīcommon; shared, communal
5Proto-Germanicgamainizshared, communal, public; common, ordinary
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moynis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynisEvery word from Proto-Germanic gamainizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic gamainī