Where does “meininki” come from?
meininki (Finnish) comes from Swedish mening, from Swedish mena, from Old Swedish mena, from Middle Low German mēnen, from Old Saxon mēnian, from Proto-Germanic mainijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mein-.
meininki (Finnish): intention, event, happening
Definitions
- intention, event, happening
Ancestry of “meininki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mening | a meaning, a definition of a word; a sentence, a... |
| 2 | Swedish | mena | to mean; to convey, or to want to convey; to... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | mena | to mean |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mēnen | to mean |
| 5 | Old Saxon | mēnian | to mean, to intend (to do something) |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |