Where does “Miina” come from?
Miina (Finnish) comes from Swedish mina, from English Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis — to cut, hew.
Miina (Finnish): mine explosive device
Definitions
- mine explosive device
Ancestry of “Miina”, step by step
Miina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mina | "Plural" of min; mine; a device intended to... |
| 2 | English | Mine | Alternative letter-case form of mine "often used... |
| 3 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 4 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 5 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 6 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 7 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |
via Finnish Vilhelmiina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vilhelmiina | — |
| 2 | German | Wilhelmina | — |
| 3 | German | Wilhelm | William |
| 4 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 5 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |