Where does “valemiinoite” come from?
valemiinoite (Finnish) comes from Finnish miinoite, from Finnish miinoittaa, from Finnish Miina, from Swedish mina, from English Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina — to cut, hew.
valemiinoite (Finnish): fake minefield
Definitions
- fake minefield
Ancestry of “valemiinoite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miinoite | minefield |
| 2 | Finnish | miinoittaa | To mine, sow mines on |
| 3 | Finnish | Miina | mine explosive device |
| 4 | Swedish | mina | "Plural" of min; mine; a device intended to... |
| 5 | English | Mine | Alternative letter-case form of mine "often used... |
| 6 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 7 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 8 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 9 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 10 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |