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Where does “mineta” come from?

mineta (Polish) comes from French minette, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis — to cut, hew.

mineta (Polish): act of oral sex performed on a woman

Definitions

  1. act of oral sex performed on a woman

Ancestry of “mineta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchminettefemale equivalent of minet; kitten; puss,...
2Frenchminemine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher
3Bretonminface of an animal; beak, muzzle
4Italianminamine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which...
5LatinminaA Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek...
6Gaulishmēnāore, mine
7Proto-Celtic*meinis—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy(H)nis—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)mēy(H)-to cut, hew
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