Where does “vastumain” come from?

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

vastumain (Ingrian): weird, strange

Definitions

  1. weird, strange

Ancestry of “vastumain”, 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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