English
gmina
Gmina comes from Polish gmina, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mey-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gemeine
- Polishmoderngmina
- Englishearliest quotation 1983same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mey-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350gemeine
- Polishmoderngmina
- Englishearliest quotation 1983same form
Earliest quotation: 1983, Edward Davis Wynot, Notes to Chapter Three: “Details of the growth rates of individual gminy are…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mey-
mean, community, common, met, commission, communication, minister, mess, meal, minute, communist, menu, mutual, communicate, ministry, immune, mere, commit, minor, compromise, ammunition, immunity, missile, communism, municipality, mole, min, communion, dismiss, premise, mural, ammo, communal, mayhem, noodle, minus, moor, commune, remuneration, intermittent, 79 more
Today it means
noun commune; municipality; township; the smallest administrative territorial division and the first level of regional government in Poland
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mey- / gmina