Where does “mīn” come from?

mīn (Middle High German) comes from Old High German 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.

mīn (Middle High German): my, mine

Definitions

  1. my, mine

Ancestry of “mīn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanmīnmy
2Proto-West Germanicmīnmy, mine
3Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “mīn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīnaz →