Where does “meinsæri” come from?

meinsæri (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mein, from Old Norse mein, from Proto-Germanic mainą — damage, hurt; unjustice, sin.

meinsæri (Icelandic): perjury

Definitions

  1. perjury

Ancestry of “meinsæri”, step by step

meinsæri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic mein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicmeindisease, illness; harm, damage
2Old Norsemeinharm, mischief, crime, misdeed
3Proto-Germanicmainądamage, hurt; unjustice, sin

via Icelandic særi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsærioath
Every word from Proto-Germanic mainą →Every word from Old Norse mein →Every word from Icelandic mein →
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