Where does “mijnbouw” come from?
mijnbouw (Dutch) comes from Dutch mijn, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis — to cut, hew.
mijnbouw (Dutch): mining
Definitions
- mining
Ancestry of “mijnbouw”, step by step
mijnbouw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch mijn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | mijn | belonging to me: my; mine; shaft dug by an insect... |
| 2 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 3 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 4 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 5 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 6 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |
via Dutch bouw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bouw | construction; cultivation, tillage; A unit of... |
| 2 | Javanese | ꦧꦲꦸ | shoulder, upper arm |
| 3 | Pali | bāhu | arm; combining form of bahu |
| 4 | Sanskrit | बहु | much, many, frequent, abundant, numerous, great... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | bʰaȷ́ʰúš | thick; abundant |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰénǵʰus | dense, thick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰenǵʰ- | thick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰen- | to beat, hit, injure; to hit, strike, injure; to... |