Where does “ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ” come from?
ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ (Javanese) comes from Portuguese menir, from Dutch meneer, from Dutch mijnheer, from Dutch mijn, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina — to cut, hew.
ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ (Javanese): broken grain
Definitions
- broken grain
Ancestry of “ꦩꦼꦤꦶꦂ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | menir | menhir |
| 2 | Dutch | meneer | sir, mister |
| 3 | Dutch | mijnheer | Alternative form of meneer |
| 4 | Dutch | mijn | belonging to me: my; mine; shaft dug by an insect... |
| 5 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 6 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 7 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 8 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 9 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |