mi
Middle English
/ˈmiː/, /mi/
determiner
Definitions
- First-person singular genitive determiner: my.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English mīn (mine, my) 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
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- milady English
- my English
- myself English
- myselves English
- myside bias English
- ohmygosh English
- *méynos Proto-Indo-European
- *mīnaz Proto-Germanic
- min Old English
- mīn Old English
- mein Middle English
- meyne Middle English
- min Middle English
- minn Old Norse
- mínn Old Norse
- mīn Old High German
- 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *mīn gmw-pro
- min Old Dutch
- mīn Old Dutch
- min Old Saxon
- 마이웨이 Korean
- ma Scots
- mīn Old Frisian
- ma Nigerian Pidgin
- my Chinese Pidgin English