gemynd

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gamundiz, ultimately from a prefixed form of Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think, remember), equivalent to ġe- + mynd. Cognate with Old High German gimunt, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (gamunds); and with Sanskrit मन (mana), Ancient Greek μέμονα (mémona), Latin mēns, Old Church Slavonic мьнѣти (mĭněti) (Russian мнить (mnitʹ)), Lithuanian miñti, Old Irish menme, Tocharian A mnu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeˈmynd/

Noun

ġemynd f or n

  1. memory; commemoration
  2. thought, thinking
  3. intellect, intention

Declension

feminine
neuter

Derived terms

Descendants

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