Where does “mîn” come from?

mîn (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon 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.

Ancestry of “mîn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonmīnmy
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 “mîn”

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