Where does “nieodmienny” come from?
nieodmienny (Polish) comes from Polish odmienny, from Polish odmienić, from English Mienic, from English Mien, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina — to cut, hew.
nieodmienny (Polish): uninflected
Definitions
- uninflected
Ancestry of “nieodmienny”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | odmienny | different, unlike, variant |
| 2 | Polish | odmienić | to transform |
| 3 | English | Mienic | One of two primary branches of the Hmong–Mien language family spoken by the Yao people of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand |
| 4 | English | Mien | A group of related languages spoken by the Yao people |
| 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 |