Where does “mīn” come from?

mīn (Old English) comes from Proto-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 English): my, mine

Definitions

  1. my, mine

Ancestry of “mīn”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mīn”

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