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

  1. A small freshwater fish of the carp family,...

Ancestry of “minnow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmenow—
2Old Englishmynwe—
3Proto-West Germanic*muniwusmall fish, minnow
4Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “minnow”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu →Every word from Old English mynwe →