Where does “taimen” come from?
taimen (English) comes from Russian тайме́нь, from Finnish taimen, from Finnish taimi, from Proto-Finnic taimi — young plant; seedling.
taimen (English): A species of salmon living in Siberia, Hucho...
Definitions
- A species of salmon living in Siberia, Hucho...
Ancestry of “taimen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | тайме́нь | "Hucho taimen" |
| 2 | Finnish | taimen | brown trout; Genitive singular form of taimi |
| 3 | Finnish | taimi | sapling; seedling; Third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taimi | young plant; seedling |