An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Minze

by Friedrich Kluge

Minze, f., from the equiv. MidHG. minze, OHG. minza, f., ‘mint’; comp. AS. minte, f., E. mint; borrowed previous to the HG. permutation of consonants from the equiv. Lat. mentha, menta (Gr. μίνθα), at the same period as the other terms relating to horticulture and the art of cookery; see Pfeffer. The variants, OHG. munza, MidHG. münze, ModHG. Münze, have a remarkable form, and cannot be explained by the Lat. word; comp. Pfeffermünz.