Where does “meinen” come from?

meinen (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.

meinen (Old High German): to mean, think, name

Definitions

  1. to mean, think, name

Ancestry of “meinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmainijanąto mean, think
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—

Words derived from “meinen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mainijaną →