Where does “myndarligur” come from?

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

myndarligur (Faroese): figurative

Definitions

  1. figurative

Ancestry of “myndarligur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Faroesemyndimage, picture; imagination
2Old Norsemyndshape, form
3Proto-Germanicmundizthought, remembrance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Germanic mundiz →