Where does “mēnen” come from?

mēnen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.

mēnen (Old Dutch): to mean, to intend

Definitions

  1. to mean, to intend

Ancestry of “mēnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*mainijanto mean, think
2Proto-Germanicmainijanąto mean, think
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—

Words derived from “mēnen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mainijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan →
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