Where does “mijn” come from?
mijn (Dutch) comes from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mēy(H)- — to cut, hew.
mijn (Dutch): belonging to me: my; mine; shaft dug by an insect...
Definitions
- belonging to me: my; mine; shaft dug by an insect...
Ancestry of “mijn”, step by step
mijn traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French mine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 2 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 3 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 4 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 5 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |
via Middle Dutch mijn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | mijn | my |
| 2 | Old Dutch | mīn | my |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mīn | my, mine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mīnaz | my, mine; 1st person singular possessive |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | méynos | my; mine |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mei | to fix, to build fortifications or fences |
via Dutch mijnen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mijnen | to mine; to sap, to mine |