Where does “minnr” come from?

minnr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic minniz, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minnr (Old Norse): less

Definitions

  1. less

Ancestry of “minnr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicminnizless, to a smaller degree
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “minnr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic minniz →