Where does “meinen” come from?

meinen (German) comes from Middle High German meinen, from Old High German meinen, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.

meinen (German): to think; to believe; to suppose; to say; to...

Definitions

  1. to think; to believe; to suppose; to say; to...

Ancestry of “meinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmeinen—
2Old High Germanmeinento mean, think, name
3Proto-Germanicmainijanąto mean, think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mainijaną →Every word from Old High German meinen →