Where does “mynd” come from?

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

mynd (Icelandic): an image, a picture; a form, an image; a movie, a...

Definitions

  1. an image, a picture; a form, an image; a movie, a...

Ancestry of “mynd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemyndshape, form
2Proto-Germanicmundizthought, remembrance
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
4Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mynd”

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