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
- an image, a picture; a form, an image; a movie, a...
Ancestry of “mynd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | mynd | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | mundiz | thought, remembrance |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 4 | Indo-European | *men- | — |
Words derived from “mynd”