Where does “kvikmynd” come from?

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

kvikmynd (Icelandic): movie, motion picture

Definitions

  1. movie, motion picture

Ancestry of “kvikmynd”, step by step

kvikmynd 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 kvikur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickvikuralive, lively; quick, fast
2Old Norsekvikralive; lively, quick
3Proto-Germanickwikwazalive; lively, quick
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “kvikmynd”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →Every word from Proto-Germanic mundiz →