Where does “meniña” come from?

meniña (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese menỹo, from Latin minimus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)-.

meniña (Galician): infant

Definitions

  1. infant

Ancestry of “meniña”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemenỹoboy
2Latinminimusleast, smallest
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—

Words derived from “meniña”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- →Every word from Latin minimus →Every word from Old Portuguese menỹo →