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min, meal, Ir. min, g. mine, O. Ir. men: *miná, root min, lessen. Strachan suggests two derivations; either allied to (1) Lit. mìnti, tread, Ch. Slav. męti, crush, Gr. ματέω, tread on, from root men, tread, or from (2) *mecsn, root meq, menq, grind,  30