Minnow definition
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Origin of minnow
- Middle English meneu men-4 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English menow, from Old English *mynwe, oblique form of *mynu, unattested variant of Old English myne (“minnow, small fish"), from Proto-Germanic *muniwō (“minnow"), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small"). Cognate with Middle Low German mone, möne (West Frisian meun, Dutch meun), Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (German Münne (“minnow")).
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