Etymology Explorer
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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-West Germanic
*muniwu
small fish, minnow
2
Indo-European
*men-
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Words derived from “mynwe”
minnow
minnie
pikeminnow
mudminnow
menow
minnower
sharkminnow
minnowed
minnowlike
rainbow sharkminnow
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