Where does “minuutti” come from?

minuutti (Finnish) comes from Swedish minut, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minuutti (Finnish): minute

Definitions

  1. minute

Ancestry of “minuutti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishminutminute
2Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
3Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
4Proto-Italicminwō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “minuutti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →
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