Where does “minnowed” come from?

minnowed (English) comes from English minnow, from Middle English menow, from Old English mynwe, from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu, from Indo-European *men-.

minnowed (English): Containing or full of minnows

Definitions

  1. Containing or full of minnows

Ancestry of “minnowed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishminnowA small freshwater fish of the carp family,...
2Middle Englishmenow—
3Old Englishmynwe—
4Proto-West Germanic*muniwusmall fish, minnow
5Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →
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