Where does “minkkitarha” come from?

minkkitarha (Finnish) comes from Finnish minkki, from English mink, from Swedish mink, from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink.

minkkitarha (Finnish): mink farm

Definitions

  1. mink farm

Ancestry of “minkkitarha”, step by step

minkkitarha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishminkkiAmerican mink, "Neovison vison"; mink
2EnglishminkAny of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals...
3SwedishminkAmerican mink
4Middle Low Germanmink—
5Old Saxonmink—

via Finnish tarha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarhacorral; yard; garden, orchard
2Proto-Finnictarhagarden; enclosure
Every word from Old Saxon mink →Every word from Middle Low German mink →Every word from Swedish mink →