Where does “meining” come from?
meining (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk meina, from Old Norse meina, from Middle Low German meinen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.
meining (Norwegian Nynorsk): opinion; meaning
Ancestry of “meining”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | meina | to mean; think |
| 2 | Old Norse | meina | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | meinen | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | mēnian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |
Words derived from “meining”