Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “minnen” come from?

minnen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch minnon, from Proto-West Germanic *minnjōn, from Proto-Germanic minjōną.

Ancestry of “minnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchminnonto love
2Proto-West Germanic*minnjōn—
3Proto-Germanicminjōną—

Words derived from “minnen”

  • minnen
  • minziek
Every word from Proto-Germanic minjōną →