Where does “mendr” come from?

mendr (Ladin) comes from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

mendr (Ladin): minor; less, least

Definitions

  1. minor; less, least

Ancestry of “mendr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
2Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
3Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →