Minto

Minto · proper noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kenk-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hanhaz“heel”
3. Old English · derived fromhōh“hill spur, promontory”
4. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*men-“to tower, stand out”
5. Proto-Celtic · derived from*moniyos
6. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*mönɨð
7. Cumbric · derived from*mïnïδ“mountain”
8. English todayMinto

Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Cumbric *mïnïδ (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). The latter element was added after the meaning of the former had become obscure. Recorded as Munethov in 1166 and Mynetowe in 1296.

Minto · proper noun²

1. taa · borrowed fromMenhti“among the lakes”
2. English todayMinto

From Lower Tanana Menhti (“among the lakes”).

Words from the same roots