Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mintā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin menta, mentha.

Noun

*mintā f

1. mint

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mintā
Genitive	*mintōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mintā	*mintōn
Accusative	*mintōn	*mintōn
Genitive	*mintōn	*mintōnō
Dative	*mintōn	*mintōm, *mintum
Instrumental	*mintōn	*mintōm, *mintum

Descendants

• Old English: minte
  • Middle English: mynte, mente, mint, minte, mynt
    • English: mint
    • Scots: mint
    • → Welsh: mint
• Old Frisian: *minta
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Minte
• Old Dutch: *minta
  • Middle Dutch: mente, minte
    • Dutch: munt
• Old Saxon: minta
  • Middle Low German: minte, münte
    • Plautdietsch: Mints
    • → Old Norse: minta
      • Old Danish: myntæ, mintæ
        • Danish: mynte
      • Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: minte
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: minte (dialectal mynta)
      • Old Swedish: mynta
        • Swedish: mynta
      • → Finnish: minttu
• Old High German: minza
  • Middle High German: minze
    • German: Minze
    • Yiddish: מינץ (mints)