Editing Mímir (section)

==Etymology==
The proper names ''Mímir'' and ''Mim'' present difficulties for historical linguists. However, the most generally accepted etymology among philologists is that ''Mímir'' stems from a [[reduplication]] of the [[Proto-Indo-European verbs|Proto-Indo-European verb]] *''(s)mer-'', meaning 'to think, recall, reflect, worry over' (compare [[Sanskrit]] ''smárati'', [[Avestan]] ''hi-šmaraiti'', [[Ancient Greek]] ''mermaírō'', [[Gothic language|Gothic]] ''maúrnan'').<ref name="LINCOLN-1991-54-55">Lincoln (1991: 54–55).</ref>

In turn, scholars note that the names ''Mímir'' and ''Mim'' are therefore likely ultimately to be related to the modern English word 'memory' and its associated concepts.<ref name="LINCOLN-1991-54-55"/> For example, scholar Rudolf Simek renders the name as meaning 'the rememberer, the wise one'.<ref name=SIMEK216>Simek (2007:216).</ref>