Where does “mynd” come from?

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

mynd (Faroese): image, picture; imagination

Definitions

  1. image, picture; imagination

Ancestry of “mynd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemyndshape, form
2Proto-Germanicmundizthought, remembrance
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
4Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mynd”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Germanic mundiz →