Where does “mitskimdõ” come from?
mitskimdõ (Livonian) comes from Livonian mits, from German Mütze, from German almuʒ, from Medieval Latin almutia — hood, cowl.
mitskimdõ (Livonian): several dozen
Ancestry of “mitskimdõ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Livonian | mits | several; how much |
| 2 | German | Mütze | cap; bonnet, reticulum, the second compartment of... |
| 3 | German | almuʒ | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | almutia | hood, cowl |