Where does “mǣne” come from?
mǣne (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.
mǣne (Old English): evil, deceptive; common
Ancestry of “mǣne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | gamainī | common; shared, communal |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gamainiz | shared, communal, public; common, ordinary |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moynis | — |