Where does “gemena” come from?

gemena (Finnish) comes from Swedish gemen, from Middle Low German gemēn, from Old Saxon gimēni, from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.

gemena (Finnish): lower case small letters a, b, c.. collectively

Definitions

  1. lower case small letters a, b, c.. collectively

Ancestry of “gemena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgemenplain, simple, common, popular; mean,...
2Middle Low Germangemēncommon
3Old Saxongimēnicommon, general
4Proto-West Germanicgamainīcommon; shared, communal
5Proto-Germanicgamainizshared, communal, public; common, ordinary
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moynis—

Words derived from “gemena”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis →Every word from Proto-Germanic gamainiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gamainī →