Source etymology 2
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryLess; smaller; lower.
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionminenm
- Inherited-form mentionminang · less; small, mean
- Inherited-form mention*minnigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*minnizgem-pro · less
- Derivation mention*mey-ine-pro · small, little
- Cognate mentionminsco · less, lesser
- Cognate mentionminfy · small, bad
- Cognate mentionminnl · less, small
- Cognate mentionminnnds · small, low, lean
- Cognate mentionminderde · less
- Cognate mentionminnais · less
- Cognate mentionminusla · less
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