Where does “valominuutti” come from?

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

valominuutti (Finnish): light-minute

Definitions

  1. light-minute

Ancestry of “valominuutti”, step by step

valominuutti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minuutti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishminuuttiminute
2Swedishminutminute
3Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
4Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
5Proto-Italicminwō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Finnish valo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalolight
2Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
3Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →