Meinen

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*magan
2. Old High German · derived frommagin“strength”
3. English todayMeinen

As a north German and Dutch surname, from the surnames Mein, as well as Meine, from Old High German magin (“strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *magan, as well as gimeini (“mean, unkind”), from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī. Related to the first element of the Norwegian surname Magnhild.

Words from the same roots