*mīnōs-: 'Minos (Cretan law-giver king; apportioner of justice)'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*mīnōs-
Meaning	'Minos (Cretan law-giver king; apportioner of justice)'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Greek	Μίνως Mīnōs 'Minos' (Homer, Od. 11.568-571, 19.178-179)	Homer Od. 11.568-571, 19.178-179

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Notes

Not a Proto-Semitic reconstruction. Root comparanda for √m-n-y 'to apportion' (see 643): Hebrew mānâ 'to count, divide, appoint' (HALOT 599), Mǝnî 'Meni, god of fate' (Isa 65:11; HALOT 602), Akkadian manû 'to count, reckon' (CAD M/1 221), Manāt (see 2966). Minos confers with Zeus 'each ninth year' (Od. 19.172–179).

Updated 22 October 2026

*mīnōs-: 'Minos (Cretan law-giver king; apportioner of justice)'

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