Where does “miniaturka” come from?

miniaturka (Polish) comes from Polish miniatura, from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Ancestry of “miniaturka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishminiaturaminiature
2Italianminiaturaminiature; thumbnail
3Italianminiareto illuminate; to miniate
4Latinminiare
5Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom
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