Where does “mynsterclænsung” come from?

mynsterclænsung (Old English) comes from Old English mynster, from Latin monastērium, from Ancient Greek μοναστήριον, from Ancient Greek μόνος, from Ancient Greek σπέρμα, from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə.

mynsterclænsung (Old English): purification of a minster, when someone has been killed there

Definitions

  1. purification of a minster, when someone has been killed there

Ancestry of “mynsterclænsung”, step by step

mynsterclænsung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English mynster

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmynstermonastery, nunnery, mother church, cathedral
2Latinmonastēriummonastery
3Ancient Greekμοναστήριονsolitary dwelling, hermit's cell; monastery
4Ancient Greekμόνοςalone, forsaken, solitary; only; unique
5Ancient Greekσπέρμαseed; semen, sperm; seed-time, sowing
6Proto-Hellenic*spérmə—

via Old English clǣnsung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishclǣnsung—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *spérmə →Every word from Ancient Greek σπέρμα →Every word from Ancient Greek μόνος →