Where does “mens” come from?

mens (Danish) comes from Old Norse meðan, from Proto-Germanic medanō — meanwhile, as long as.

mens (Danish): while; whereas

Definitions

  1. while; whereas

Ancestry of “mens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemeðanmeanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
2Proto-Germanicmedanōmeanwhile, as long as

Words derived from “mens”

Every word from Proto-Germanic medanō →Every word from Old Norse meðan →