Where does “meinen” come from?
meinen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.
Ancestry of “meinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | mēnian | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |
Words derived from “meinen”