Where does “Deinameit” come from?

Deinameit (Plautdietsch) comes from English dynamite, from Ancient Greek δύναμις, from Ancient Greek δύναμαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai.

Deinameit (Plautdietsch): dynamite

Definitions

  1. dynamite

Ancestry of “Deinameit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdynamiteA class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in...
2Ancient Greekδύναμιςpower, might, strength; ability, skill; power,...
3Ancient Greekδύναμαιdeponent; to be able, capable, strong enough to...
4Proto-Hellenic*dunamai—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai →Every word from Ancient Greek δύναμαι →Every word from Ancient Greek δύναμις →