Where does “nærmynd” come from?
nærmynd (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic mynd, from Old Norse mynd, from Proto-Germanic mundiz, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.
nærmynd (Icelandic): close-up
Ancestry of “nærmynd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | mynd | an image, a picture; a form, an image; a movie, a... |
| 2 | Old Norse | mynd | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | mundiz | thought, remembrance |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 5 | Indo-European | *men- | — |