Where does “meriminkki” come from?

meriminkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish minkki, from English mink, from Swedish mink, from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink.

meriminkki (Finnish): sea mink, Neogale macrodon extinct species of mink, closely related to American mink

Definitions

  1. sea mink, Neogale macrodon extinct species of mink, closely related to American mink

Ancestry of “meriminkki”, step by step

meriminkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishminkkiAmerican mink, "Neovison vison"; mink
2EnglishminkAny of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals...
3SwedishminkAmerican mink
4Middle Low Germanmink—
5Old Saxonmink—

via Finnish meri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerisea
2Proto-Finnicmerisea
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Old Saxon mink →
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