Where does “mēnian” come from?

mēnian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.

mēnian (Old Saxon): to mean, to intend (to do something)

Definitions

  1. to mean, to intend (to do something)

Ancestry of “mēnian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmainijanąto mean, think
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—

Words derived from “mēnian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mainijaną →