Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “meina” come from?

meina (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German meinen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.

Ancestry of “meina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmeinen—
2Old Saxonmēnian—
3Proto-Germanicmainijanąto mean, think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—

Words derived from “meina”

  • meningsfull
  • folkemening
  • men
  • meningsløs
  • mene
  • mening
  • meiningslaus
  • meining
  • meina
  • meina
  • meina
  • mäin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →