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Where does “mīns” come from?

mīns (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

mīns (Proto-Celtic): month

Definitions

  1. month

Ancestry of “mīns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “mīns”

  • mí
  • Ògmhios
  • mìos
  • mìos nam pòg
  • Ògmh
  • mis
  • mislif
  • mislifol
  • mísa
  • mí
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