Where does “miinaaja” come from?
miinaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish miinata, from Finnish Miina, from Swedish mina, from English Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina — to cut, hew.
miinaaja (Finnish): An insect the larvae of which live within plant tissue, most often leaves but also e.g. cambium
Definitions
- An insect the larvae of which live within plant tissue, most often leaves but also e.g. cambium
Ancestry of “miinaaja”, step by step
miinaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish miinata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miinata | to mine dig into; used of leaf miners |
| 2 | Finnish | Miina | mine explosive device |
| 3 | Swedish | mina | "Plural" of min; mine; a device intended to... |
| 4 | English | Mine | Alternative letter-case form of mine "often used... |
| 5 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 6 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 7 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 8 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 9 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |