Where does “meineid” come from?

meineid (German) comes from Middle High German meineit, from Old High German meineid, from Proto-West Germanic mainaiþ, from Proto-Germanic mainaiþaz, from Proto-Germanic aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European oyt-.

meineid (German): a perjury, a deliberately false oath about something in the past

Definitions

  1. a perjury, a deliberately false oath about something in the past

Ancestry of “meineid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmeineit—
2Old High Germanmeineid—
3Proto-West Germanicmainaiþ—
4Proto-Germanicmainaiþazperjury
5Proto-Germanicaiþazoath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanoyt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European oyt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic aiþaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic mainaiþaz →