Where does “daynamay” come from?

daynamay (Rukai) comes from Japanese ダイナマイト, from English dynamite, from Ancient Greek δύναμις, from Ancient Greek δύναμαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai.

daynamay (Rukai): explosive

Definitions

  1. explosive

Ancestry of “daynamay”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseダイナマイトdynamite
2EnglishdynamiteA class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in...
3Ancient Greekδύναμιςpower, might, strength; ability, skill; power,...
4Ancient Greekδύναμαιdeponent; to be able, capable, strong enough to...
5Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai