Where does “maininta” come from?

maininta (Finnish) comes from Finnish mainita, from Proto-Finnic mainit'ak, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.

maininta (Finnish): mention

Definitions

  1. mention

Ancestry of “maininta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainitato mention
2Proto-Finnicmainit'akto mention
3Proto-Germanicmainijanąto mean, think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmein-—

Words derived from “maininta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mein- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mainijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic mainit'ak →
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