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Where does “ġemǣne” come from?

ġemǣne (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.

ġemǣne (Old English): common, public, general, universal; common,...

Definitions

  1. common, public, general, universal; common,...

Ancestry of “ġemǣne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgamainīcommon; shared, communal
2Proto-Germanicgamainizshared, communal, public; common, ordinary
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moynis—

Words derived from “ġemǣne”

  • mene
  • imene
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