Where does “mijn” come from?

mijn (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch mīn, from Proto-West Germanic mīn, from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mijn (Middle Dutch): my

Definitions

  1. my

Ancestry of “mijn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchmīnmy
2Proto-West Germanicmīnmy, mine
3Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “mijn

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei