Where does “*mīn” come from?

*mīn (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

Ancestry of “*mīn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “*mīn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mei →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méynos →Every word from Proto-Germanic mīnaz →