Where does “villiminkki” come from?

villiminkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish minkki, from English mink, from Swedish mink, from Middle Low German mink, from Old Saxon mink.

villiminkki (Finnish): wild mink

Definitions

  1. wild mink

Ancestry of “villiminkki”, step by step

villiminkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish minkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishminkkiAmerican mink, "Neovison vison"; mink
2EnglishminkAny of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals...
3SwedishminkAmerican mink
4Middle Low Germanmink—
5Old Saxonmink—

via Finnish villi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvilliwild; savage; feral
2Old Swedishviller—
Every word from Old Saxon mink →Every word from Middle Low German mink →Every word from Swedish mink →