Where does “Minnut” come from?

Minnut (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German minute, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Minnut (Plautdietsch): minute (one-sixtieth of an hour)

Definitions

  1. minute (one-sixtieth of an hour)

Ancestry of “Minnut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanminute—
2Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
3Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
4Proto-Italicminwō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →