Where does “מײַן” come from?

מײַן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German mīn, from Old High German 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.

מײַן (Yiddish): my

Definitions

  1. my

Ancestry of “מײַן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanmīnmy, mine
2Old High Germanmīnmy
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 →