menowe

Middle English

Alternative forms

menawe, menew, meney, menow, menwu

Etymology

From earlier *minwe, *menwe, from the oblique forms of Old English *mynu, from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈmɛniu̯(ə)/, /ˈmin-/

Noun

menowe (Late Middle English)

minnow

Descendants

English: minnow, minny, minnie
Scots: mennon, minnon

References

“meneu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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