Where does “minnow” come from?
Minnow comes from Middle English menow, from Old English mynwe, mynuand myne, from Proto-Germanic muniz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root men-.
minnow (English): A small freshwater fish of the carp family,...
Definitions
- A small freshwater fish of the carp family,...
Ancestry of “minnow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | menow | — |
| 2 | Old English | mynwe | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *muniwu | — |
| 4 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
Words derived from “minnow”