Where does “Pyreneet” come from?

Pyreneet (Finnish) comes from French Pyrénées, from Middle French montaignes Pyrenees, from Latin montes, from Latin mōns, from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European men- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Pyreneet (Finnish): the Pyrenees mountain range

Definitions

  1. the Pyrenees mountain range

Ancestry of “Pyreneet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchPyrénées—
2Middle Frenchmontaignes Pyrenees—
3Latinmontesnominative plural of mōns; accusative plural of...
4Latinmōnsmountain, mount
5Proto-Italic*monts—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...

Words derived from “Pyreneet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European men- →Every word from Proto-Italic *monts →Every word from Latin mōns →