Where does “mainio” come from?

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

mainio (Finnish): excellent, superb, great, wonderful, fine

Definitions

  1. excellent, superb, great, wonderful, fine

Ancestry of “mainio”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mainio”

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