Where does “mingi” come from?

mingi (Estonian) comes from Estonian mis, from Proto-Finnic mi, from Proto-Uralic mi — what.

mingi (Estonian): some, some kind of; about, approximately;...

Definitions

  1. some, some kind of; about, approximately;...

Ancestry of “mingi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmiswhat; An expression of surprise or disbelief
2Proto-Finnicmiwhat
3Proto-Uralicmiwhat
Every word from Proto-Uralic mi →Every word from Proto-Finnic mi →Every word from Estonian mis →