Where does “minten” come from?
minten (Middle English) comes from Hungarian menten, from Hungarian mente, from Hungarian ment, from Hungarian mén, from Hungarian megy, from Proto-Uralic mene- — to go.
minten (Middle English): Alternative form of mynten
Definitions
- Alternative form of mynten
Ancestry of “minten”, step by step
minten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian menten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | menten | at once, on the spot, immediately |
| 2 | Hungarian | mente | leaving from somewhere; going somewhere; the... |
| 3 | Hungarian | ment | to rescue, to save; third-person singular past of... |
| 4 | Hungarian | mén | stallion; archaic third-person singular... |
| 5 | Hungarian | megy | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | mene- | to go |
via Old English myntan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | myntan | to mean, intend; to think, suppose |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *muntijan | to intend |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | munaną | to think, to consider, to believe; to remember |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |