Where does “mâyen” come from?

mâyen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch māien, from Proto-Germanic mēaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- — to mow, reap.

mâyen (Middle Dutch): to mow, to cut

Definitions

  1. to mow, to cut

Ancestry of “mâyen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmāien—
2Proto-Germanicmēanąto mow, cut down
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂meh₁-to mow, reap

Words derived from “mâyen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mēaną →Every word from Old Dutch māien →