Where does “mīn” come from?

mīn (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic mīn, from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mīn (Old Dutch): my

Definitions

  1. my

Ancestry of “mīn”, step by step

mīn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic mīn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicmīnmy, mine
2Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

via Proto-Germanic minniz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicminnizless, to a smaller degree
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mīn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīnaz →