Where does “minatu” come from?
minatu (Basque) comes from Basque mina, from Spanish mina, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis — to cut, hew.
minatu (Basque): to mine to sow mines in
Definitions
- to mine to sow mines in
Ancestry of “minatu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | mina | lead of a pencil |
| 2 | Spanish | mina | mine; lead; woman |
| 3 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 4 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 5 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 6 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 7 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |