Where does “mi” come from?

mi (Middle English) comes from Middle English min, from Old English mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mi (Middle English): First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Definitions

  1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Ancestry of “mi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishminFirst-person singular genitive determiner: my;...
2Old Englishmīnmy, mine
3Proto-Germanic*mīn
4Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “mi

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei
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