Where does “minkkihattu” come from?
minkkihattu (Finnish) comes from Finnish minkki, from English mink, from Swedish mink, from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink.
minkkihattu (Finnish): mink hat
Ancestry of “minkkihattu”, step by step
minkkihattu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish minkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | minkki | American mink, "Neovison vison"; mink |
| 2 | English | mink | Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals... |
| 3 | Swedish | mink | American mink |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mink | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | mink | — |
via Finnish hattu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hattu | hat; tampion; háček, caron |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hattu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hattuz | hat |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kadʰ- | to guard, cover, protect, care for; to guard,... |