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Where does “minnekään” come from?

minnekään (Finnish) comes from Finnish mikään, from Finnish -kään, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

minnekään (Finnish): Anywhere; Nowhere, not ... anywhere

Definitions

  1. Anywhere; Nowhere, not ... anywhere

Ancestry of “minnekään”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmikäänAnything, any; Nothing, not ... anything, no
2Finnish-kään—
3Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
4Old Swedishslagh—
5Middle Low Germanslach—
6Old Saxonslag—
7Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
8Swedishslagg—
9Low Germanslagge—
10Middle Low Germanslagge—
11Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
12Old Saxonslāhan—
13Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
14Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
15Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
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