Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “meinic” come from?

meinic (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic menekkis — frequent, abundant.

Ancestry of “meinic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticmenekkisfrequent, abundant

Words derived from “meinic”

  • minic
  • minicigh
  • ainmhinic
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