Where does “mijnschacht” come from?
mijnschacht (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.
mijnschacht (Dutch): mineshaft
Definitions
- mineshaft
Ancestry of “mijnschacht”, step by step
mijnschacht 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 schacht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | schacht | A shaft, a pole-shaped object or part of one,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | schacht | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | skaft | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | skaft | shaft |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skaftaz | shaft |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skeh₂p- | rod, shaft, staff, club |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kep- | to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,... |