Where does “mineraalivesi” come from?

mineraalivesi (Finnish) comes from Finnish mineraali, from Swedish mineral, from Latin minerale, from Latin mineria.

mineraalivesi (Finnish): mineral water

Definitions

  1. mineral water

Ancestry of “mineraalivesi”, step by step

mineraalivesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mineraali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmineraalimineral
2Swedishmineralmineral
3Latinmineralemineral, ore, mine; nominative neuter singular of...
4Latinmineria—

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Latin mineria →Every word from Latin minerale →Every word from Swedish mineral →