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Where does β€œπŒΌπŒΉπŒ½πŒ½πŒΉπƒπ„πƒβ€ come from?

πŒΌπŒΉπŒ½πŒ½πŒΉπƒπ„πƒ (Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic minnistaz, from Proto-Indo-European minu- β€” small.

πŒΌπŒΉπŒ½πŒ½πŒΉπƒπ„πƒ (Gothic): smallest, least; superlative degree of ???????

Definitions

  1. smallest, least; superlative degree of ???????

Ancestry of β€œπŒΌπŒΉπŒ½πŒ½πŒΉπƒπ„πƒβ€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicminnistazsuperlative degree of *lΔ«tilaz
2Proto-Indo-Europeanminu-small
Every word from Proto-Indo-European minu- β†’