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)

1. minnow

Descendants

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

References

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