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Where does “minn” come from?

minn (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

minn (Old Norse): my

Definitions

  1. my

Ancestry of “minn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “minn”

  • min
  • minn
  • mínlegur
  • männ
  • menn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →