Where does “mene” come from?

mene (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic manjaz, from Proto-Indo-European mony- — withers, crest, mane; crest, mane.

mene (Old English): necklace, collar; ornament, jewel

Definitions

  1. necklace, collar; ornament, jewel

Ancestry of “mene”, step by step

mene traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic manjaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmanjaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmony-withers, crest, mane; crest, mane

via Proto-Germanic manją

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmanjąnecklace
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mony- →Every word from Proto-Germanic manjaz →