köken: From Middle Dutch minre, from Old Dutch minniro, from Proto-Germanic *minnizô, comparative of adjective deriving from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”).
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese menos, displacing collateral form mẽos, from Latin minus, neuter of minor (“lesser; smaller”), comparative of parvus (“small”).
comparative degree of mało; less (to a smaller extent or degree)
zıt: bardziej
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der. Proto-Slavic *mьňe Old Polish mnie /mniej Polish mniej Inherited from Old Polish mnie /mniej, from Proto-Slavic *mьňe, neuter of *mьňьjь. Compare Pannonian Rusyn менєй (menjej), Slovak menej.
köken: From Middle Welsh llei (comparative of llaw (“small”)), from Proto-Brythonic *llaɣü (comparative of *llaɣw), from Proto-Celtic *lagyūs (comparative of *legus (“small”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). Cognate with Old Irish laigiu.