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Where does “meina” come from?

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

meina (Norwegian Nynorsk): to mean; think

Definitions

  1. to mean; think

Ancestry of “meina”, step by step

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

Words derived from “meina”

  • meining
  • meiningslaus
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →