Where does “mens” come from?

mens (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish mens, from Old Norse meðan, from Proto-Germanic medanō — meanwhile, as long as.

mens (Norwegian Bokmål): while

Definitions

  1. while

Ancestry of “mens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmenswhile; whereas
2Old Norsemeðanmeanwhile, as long as, while, whilst
3Proto-Germanicmedanōmeanwhile, as long as
Every word from Proto-Germanic medanō →Every word from Old Norse meðan →Every word from Danish mens →
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