mena
Swedish
verb-reg
Definitions
- to mean; to convey, or to want to convey
- to mean; to be of the opinion that or to have as one's conviction
- to mean; to have as one's intention
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish mena derived from Middle Low German mēnen derived from Old Saxon mēnian derived from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (lament, mean, think) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mein-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mein-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- maine Finnish
- meinaaminen Finnish
- meinata Finnish
- meininki Finnish
- *mein- Proto-Indo-European
- *meyn- Proto-Indo-European
- *mainijaną Proto-Germanic
- mening Swedish
- meningsmotståndare Swedish
- vit Swedish
- vitmena Swedish
- mænan Old English
- mǣnan Old English
- meina Old Norse
- mene Danish
- meina Icelandic
- meinen Old High German
- menen Old Dutch
- mēnen Old Dutch
- *mainit'ak Proto-Finnic
- meinen Middle Low German
- mēnen Middle Low German
- menian Old Saxon
- mēnian Old Saxon
- mena Old Swedish
- mēna Old Frisian