Where does “bíómynd” come from?

bíómynd (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mynd, from Old Norse mynd, from Proto-Germanic mundiz, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

bíómynd (Icelandic): film, movie

Definitions

  1. film, movie

Ancestry of “bíómynd”, step by step

bíómynd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic mynd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmyndan image, a picture; a form, an image; a movie, a...
2Old Norsemyndshape, form
3Proto-Germanicmundizthought, remembrance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
5Indo-European*men-—

via Icelandic bíó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicbíócinema, movie theater
2Danishbiocinema; biology
3Danishbiografmovie theater; biographer
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Germanic mundiz →