An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Münze

by Friedrich Kluge

Münze (1.), f., from the equiv. MidHG. münȥe, OHG. muniȥȥa, f., ‘coin.’ The word was adopted in West Teut. previous to the HG. permutation, probably even before the time of Tacitus, from Lat. monêta, ‘coin, money’; comp. AS. mynet, E. mint, Du. munt. Lat. monêta, on its adoption, was probably pronounced, with a Teut. accent, mónêta; ê passed into î and ŏ into ŭ, later ü; múnita is the initial stage of OHG. múnĭȥȥa. That Lat. words were introduced with Lat. money (Tacit. Germ. 5) is antecedently probable. Comp. Pfund.

Münze (2.), f., equiv. to Minze.