Where does “menow” come from?

menow (Middle English) comes from Old English mynwe, from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu, from Indo-European *men-.

Ancestry of “menow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmynwe—
2Proto-West Germanic*muniwusmall fish, minnow
3Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “menow”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu →Every word from Old English mynwe →