Where does “mikrolaine” come from?

mikrolaine (Estonian) comes from Estonian mikro-, from Ancient Greek μικρο-, from Ancient Greek μικρός, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

mikrolaine (Estonian): microwave

Definitions

  1. microwave

Ancestry of “mikrolaine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmikro-micro
2Ancient Greekμικρο-micro
3Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “mikrolaine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Ancient Greek μικρός →Every word from Ancient Greek μικρο- →