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Where does “mé” come from?

mé (Czech) comes from Czech můj, from Old Czech mój, from Proto-Slavic mojь, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mé (Czech): bleat; inflection of můj: ## nominative neuter...

Definitions

  1. bleat; inflection of můj: ## nominative neuter...

Ancestry of “mé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechmůjmy, mine
2Old Czechmój—
3Proto-Slavicmojьmy
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →