Where does “menynna” come from?

menynna (Old Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese menỹo, from Latin minimus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)-.

Ancestry of “menynna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesemenỹoboy
2Latinminimusleast, smallest
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- →Every word from Latin minimus →Every word from Old Portuguese menỹo →