Where does “meinan” come from?
meinan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.
Ancestry of “meinan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *mainijan | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |
Words derived from “meinan”