Where does “mien” come from?

mien (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German mîn, from Old Saxon mīn, from Proto-West Germanic mīn, from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

mien (Plautdietsch): my

Definitions

  1. my

Ancestry of “mien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmîn—
2Old Saxonmīnmy
3Proto-West Germanicmīnmy, mine
4Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīnaz →