Where does “männ” come from?

männ (Westrobothnian) comes from Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European méynos, from Proto-Indo-European mei — to fix, to build fortifications or fences.

männ (Westrobothnian): my, mine; nominative plural of mann, men

Definitions

  1. my, mine; nominative plural of mann, men

Ancestry of “männ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsemínnmy
2Proto-Germanicmīnazmy, mine; 1st person singular possessive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanméynosmy; mine
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeito fix, to build fortifications or fences

Words derived from “männ”

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