Where does “menie” come from?

menie (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch minie, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

menie (Dutch): red lead

Definitions

  1. red lead

Ancestry of “menie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchminie—
2Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Latin minium →