Where does “natsimeininki” come from?
natsimeininki (Finnish) comes from Finnish natsi, from German nazī, from German Nationalsozialist, from German national, from French national, from French nation, from Middle French nation, from Old French nacion — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Ancestry of “natsimeininki”, step by step
natsimeininki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish natsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | natsi | a Nazi |
| 2 | German | nazī | a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism; a National Socialist |
| 3 | German | Nationalsozialist | National Socialist |
| 4 | German | national | national; nationwide, national; nationalist |
| 5 | French | national | national |
| 6 | French | nation | nation |
| 7 | Middle French | nation | nation |
| 8 | Old French | nacion | birth; nation |
| 9 | Latin | nātiō | birth |
| 10 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 11 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Finnish meininki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | meininki | intention, event, happening |
| 2 | Swedish | mening | a meaning, a definition of a word; a sentence, a... |
| 3 | Swedish | mena | to mean; to convey, or to want to convey; to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mena | to mean |
| 5 | Middle Low German | mēnen | to mean |
| 6 | Old Saxon | mēnian | to mean, to intend (to do something) |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mainijaną | to mean, think |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mein- | — |