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
- → Anglo-Norman: *menoun
References
- “meneu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.