my
English
/maɪ/, /maɪ/, /mɪ/, /mi/
determiner
Definitions
- First-person singular possessive determiner. See .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mi inherited from Old English mīn (mine, my) inherited from *mīn inherited from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (my, mine) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (mine, my).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*méynos
Gloss
mine, my
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gosh English
- lady English
- milady English
- myself English
- myselves English
- myside bias English
- oh English
- ohmygosh English
- selves English
- side English
- mein German
- meinige German
- diamantmijn Dutch, Flemish
- goudmijn Dutch, Flemish
- ijzermijn Dutch, Flemish
- kolenmijn Dutch, Flemish
- kopermijn Dutch, Flemish
- landmijn Dutch, Flemish
- meneer Dutch, Flemish
- mevrouw Dutch, Flemish
- mij Dutch, Flemish
- mijn Dutch, Flemish
- mijnarbeider Dutch, Flemish
- mijnbouw Dutch, Flemish
- mijnenveld Dutch, Flemish
- mijngas Dutch, Flemish
- mijngraver Dutch, Flemish
- mijnheer Dutch, Flemish
- mijnhout Dutch, Flemish
- mijningenieur Dutch, Flemish
- mijnramp Dutch, Flemish
- mijnschacht Dutch, Flemish
- mijnsteenberg Dutch, Flemish
- mijnstreek Dutch, Flemish
- mijnwagen Dutch, Flemish
- mijnwet Dutch, Flemish
- mijnwezen Dutch, Flemish
- staatsmijn Dutch, Flemish
- tegenmijn Dutch, Flemish
- zeemijn Dutch, Flemish
- zilvermijn Dutch, Flemish
- zoutmijn Dutch, Flemish
- milady French
- миледи Russian
- *méynos Proto-Indo-European
- *mīnaz Proto-Germanic
- min Old English
- mīn Old English
- mein Middle English
- meyne Middle English
- mi Middle English
- min Middle English
- myself Middle English
- minn Old Norse
- mínn Old Norse
- mijn Middle Dutch
- mine Middle Dutch
- min Old High German
- mīn Old High German
- meneer Afrikaans
- my Afrikaans
- myn Afrikaans
- mäin Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *mīn gmw-pro
- min Old Dutch
- mīn Old Dutch
- min Old Saxon
- 마이웨이 Korean
- ma Scots
- myn Western Frisian
- mīn Old Frisian
- ma Nigerian Pidgin
- my Chinese Pidgin English