Where does “Miño” come from?

Miño (Galician) comes from Portuguese Minho, from Latin Minius, from Proto-Celtic mino-, from Proto-Indo-European mei- — to go; to switch; small.

Miño (Galician): Minho (a river in Galicia, Spain, and Portugal)

Definitions

  1. Minho (a river in Galicia, Spain, and Portugal)

Ancestry of “Miño”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMinho—
2LatinMiniusA river in Gallaecia, now the Minho river
3Proto-Celticmino-smooth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmei-to go; to switch; small
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei- →Every word from Proto-Celtic mino- →Every word from Latin Minius →