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Where does “gimeinī” come from?

gimeinī (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.

Ancestry of “gimeinī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgamainīcommon; shared, communal
2Proto-Germanicgamainizshared, communal, public; common, ordinary
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moynis—

Words derived from “gimeinī”

  • gmina
  • Marktgemeinde
  • Katastralgemeinde
  • Verbandsgemeinde
  • Gemeine
  • Kirchengemeinde
  • Gemeinde
  • gmina
  • gemeine
  • Gemeng
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis →