Where does “mine” come from?

mine (Crimean Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mine (Crimean Gothic): moon

Definitions

  1. moon

Ancestry of “mine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmēnômoon
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēnô →