Where does “minnia” come from?

minnia (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *minnjōn, from Proto-Germanic minjōną — to remember.

minnia (Old Saxon): love

Definitions

  1. love

Ancestry of “minnia”, step by step

minnia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *minnjōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*minnjōnto love
2Proto-Germanicminjōnąto remember

via Proto-Germanic minnijō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicminnijōlove
Every word from Proto-Germanic minjōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *minnjōn →