Etymology

minikin

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Today it means: A young person, especially a young woman. Full definition →

Middle Dutch minnekijn
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minikin · noun, adjective1

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromminnekijn“darling, beloved”
  2. English todayminikin

From Middle Dutch minnekijn (“darling, beloved”), from minne (“love”) (cf. minnesinger) and the diminutive suffix -kijn.

minikin · noun2

  1. German · borrowed fromMünichen
  2. English todayminikin

From Miniken, a 16th-century English form of the place name Munich, a German city where such strings were produced and from which they were imported. Miniken is derived from then-contemporary German Münichen.

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