An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Minze

by Friedrich Kluge

Minze, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German minze, Old High German minza, feminine, ‘mint’; compare Anglo-Saxon minte, feminine, English mint; borrowed previous to the High German permutation of consonants from the equivalent Latin mentha, menta (Greek μίνθα), at the same period as the other terms relating to horticulture and the art of cookery; see Pfeffer. The variants, Old High German munza, Middle High German münze, Modern High German Münze, have a remarkable form, and cannot be explained by the Latin word; compare Pfeffermünz.