Where does “minisika” come from?

minisika (Finnish) comes from Finnish mini-, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

minisika (Finnish): minipig

Definitions

  1. minipig

Ancestry of “minisika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmini-mini
2Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →