Where does “kauranmiinaajakärpänen” come from?
kauranmiinaajakärpänen (Finnish) comes from Finnish miinaajakärpänen, from Finnish miinaaja, from Finnish miinata, from Finnish Miina, from Swedish mina, from English Mine, from French mine, from Breton min — to cut, hew.
kauranmiinaajakärpänen (Finnish): Phytomyza fuscula, syn. Chromatomyia fuscula agricultural pest of oat that mines its leaves
Definitions
- Phytomyza fuscula, syn. Chromatomyia fuscula agricultural pest of oat that mines its leaves
Ancestry of “kauranmiinaajakärpänen”, step by step
kauranmiinaajakärpänen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish miinaajakärpänen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miinaajakärpänen | leaf-miner fly fly in the family Agromyzidae |
| 2 | Finnish | miinaaja | An insect the larvae of which live within plant tissue, most often leaves but also e.g. cambium |
| 3 | Finnish | miinata | to mine dig into; used of leaf miners |
| 4 | Finnish | Miina | mine explosive device |
| 5 | Swedish | mina | "Plural" of min; mine; a device intended to... |
| 6 | English | Mine | Alternative letter-case form of mine "often used... |
| 7 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 8 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 9 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 10 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 11 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 12 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |