Where does “mink” come from?

mink (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink.

mink (Swedish): American mink

Definitions

  1. American mink

Ancestry of “mink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanmink—
2Old Saxonmink—

Words derived from “mink”

Every word from Old Saxon mink →Every word from Middle Low German mink →