Where does “mietelause” come from?
mietelause (Finnish) comes from Finnish miete, from Finnish miettiä, from Russian сметить.
mietelause (Finnish): An aphorism
Ancestry of “mietelause”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | miete | thought, especially a deep and serious one; in... |
| 2 | Finnish | miettiä | To think over, ponder |
| 3 | Russian | сметить | — |