Where does “min” come from?

min (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.

min (Middle Dutch): less; less, to a smaller degree

Definitions

  1. less; less, to a smaller degree

Ancestry of “min”, 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 “min”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīnaz →