Where does “minen” come from?

minen (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch mijn, 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.

minen (Middle Dutch): to buy in a public sale; inflection of mijn: ##...

Definitions

  1. to buy in a public sale; inflection of mijn: ##...

Ancestry of “minen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchmijnmy
2Old Dutchmīnmy
3Proto-West Germanicmīnmy, mine
4Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīnaz →