Where does “armimain” come from?

armimain (Ingrian) comes from Romansch -main, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

armimain (Ingrian): sweetheart

Definitions

  1. sweetheart

Ancestry of “armimain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romansch-mainUsed to form adverbs from adjectives; -wise, -ly,...
2Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
3Latinmēnsmind
4Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
6Indo-European*men-
Every word from Indo-European *men-
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