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Where does “mynwe” come from?

mynwe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu, from Indo-European *men-.

Ancestry of “mynwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*muniwu—
2Indo-European*men-—

Words derived from “mynwe”

  • minnow
  • pikeminnow
  • mudminnow
  • minnower
  • menow
Every word from Indo-European *men- →