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Where does “hugmynd” come from?

hugmynd (Faroese) comes from Faroese mynd, from Old Norse mynd, from Proto-Germanic mundiz, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

Ancestry of “hugmynd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesemyndimage, picture; imagination
2Old Norsemynd—
3Proto-Germanicmundizthought, remembrance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “hugmynd”

  • hugmyndafrøði
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