Minne

German (Berlin)

/ˈmɪnə/

noun
Definitions
  • (archaic) romantic love
  • (historical) courtly love; a kind of chivalrous, serving love by a knight for a noblewoman, generally secret and sometimes adulterous

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German minne derived from Old High German minna (loving remembrance) inherited from Proto-Germanic *minjō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*minjō

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