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Where does “mene” come from?

mene (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.

mene (Norwegian Bokmål): to mean; to think

Definitions

  1. to mean; to think

Ancestry of “mene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemeina—
2Middle Low Germanmeinen—
3Old Saxonmēnian—
4Proto-Germanicmainijanąto mean, think
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—

Words derived from “mene”

  • meningsfull
  • men
  • meningsløs
  • mening
  • folkemening
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →