mina

The mina, a Mesopotamian weight of about half a kilo, gave its name to Greek mnâ through Aramaic-speaking merchants. It is the 'mene' written on the wall in the Book of Daniel, and the same unit travelled east through Persian man to India, where the British called it the maund.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to English

From Akkadian to Biblical Hebrew

From Ancient Greek to Georgian

From Aramaic to Middle Persian, Persian, Hindi, Indian English

2000 BCEAkkadian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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