Where does “minvlewen” come from?
minvlewen (Cornish) comes from Cornish minvlew, from Cornish mìn, from Malay makna, from Indonesian nirmakna, from English meaningless, from English meaning, from English -ing, from Old English -ing — smoke; mist, haze.
minvlewen (Cornish): whisker
Definitions
- whisker
Ancestry of “minvlewen”, step by step
minvlewen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish minvlew
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | minvlew | moustache |
| 2 | Cornish | mìn | kids |
| 3 | Malay | makna | meaning; meaning, significance |
| 4 | Indonesian | nirmakna | meaningless: lacking meaning |
| 5 | English | meaningless | Lacking meaning; Insignificant; not worthy of... |
| 6 | English | meaning | The denotation, referent, or idea connected with... |
| 7 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 8 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 9 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 10 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 13 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 14 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |