Where does “miina-aura” come from?
miina-aura (Finnish) comes from Finnish Miina, from Swedish mina, from English Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā — to cut, hew.
miina-aura (Finnish): mine plow
Definitions
- mine plow
Ancestry of “miina-aura”, step by step
miina-aura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Miina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Miina | mine explosive device |
| 2 | Swedish | mina | "Plural" of min; mine; a device intended to... |
| 3 | English | Mine | Alternative letter-case form of mine "often used... |
| 4 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 5 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 6 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 7 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 8 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |
via Finnish Aura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Aura | plough, plow agricultural tool |
| 2 | Finnish | Aurora | Aurora |
| 3 | Latin | aurōra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | auzōs | dawn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éwsōs | dawn; goddess of dawn, bringer of light for which... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éws-os-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |