myn
myn (pluralmyns)
myn (notcomparable)
myn (pluralmyns)
Respelling ofmen based onwomyn, which was itself respelled so as to be spelled differently frommen.
myn pl (plural only)
FromDutchmijn, fromMiddle Dutchmine, fromOld Frenchmine, fromLate Latinmina, fromGaulish, fromProto-Celtic*meinis(“ore, metal”). Some senses were borrowed in Dutch fromFrenchmine(“explosive device”) andMiddle Frenchmine(“tunnel for sapping”).
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myn (pluralmyne,diminutivemyntjie)
myn (subjective pronounI)
myn (subjectiveI)
FromProto-Celtic*mendo-(“kid, suckling”), which could ultimately be from the same root asmwyn(“mild, tender”),[1] though Stokes prefers a comparison toAncient Greekμαζός(mazós,“breast”),Old High Germanmanzon,Albanianmεnt(“suck”).
Cognate withCornishmynn,Irishmeonnán,Scottish Gaelicmeann andManxmannan.
The wordmyn is usually found in the combinationmyn gafr rather than being used as a standalone word.
Probably frommwyn.
myn
FromOld Frisianmīn, fromProto-West Germanic*mīn.
myn
| personal | possessive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject case | object case | determiner | pronoun | |||||
| normal | reflexive | |||||||
| singular | 1st | ik | my | mysels | myn | mines | ||
| 2nd | informal | do,dû1 | dy | dysels | dyn | dines | ||
| formal | jo | jo | josels | jo | jowes | |||
| 3rd | m | hy | him | himsels | syn | sines | ||
| f | sy,hja1 | har | harsels | har | harres | |||
| n | it | it | himsels | syn | sines | |||
| plural | 1st | wy | ús | ússels | ús | uzes | ||
| 2nd | jim(me) | jim(me) | jimsels,jinsels | jim(me) | jimmes | |||
| 3rd | sy,hja1 | har(ren) | harsels | har(ren) | harres | |||
1 Now mostly archaic and unused.