Where does “миномёт” come from?

миномёт (Russian) comes from Russian ми́на, from German Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis — to cut, hew.

миномёт (Russian): rocket launcher; mortar, trench mortar; torpedo...

Definitions

  1. rocket launcher; mortar, trench mortar; torpedo...

Ancestry of “миномёт”, step by step

миномёт traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian ми́на

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianми́наtorpedo
2GermanMinea mine; pencil lead, ballpoint pen reservoir
3Frenchminemine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher
4Bretonminface of an animal; beak, muzzle
5Italianminamine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which...
6LatinminaA Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek...
7Gaulishmēnāore, mine
8Proto-Celtic*meinisore, metal
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy(H)nis—
10Proto-Indo-European(s)mēy(H)-to cut, hew

via Russian мета́ть

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмета́тьto [[thro; to baste, to tack; to throw, to cast
2Old East Slavicметати—
3Proto-Slavicmetàtito throw
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmet-to cut (by measure) (with an inherent sense of by measurement or time: "to cut down" > "to mow"; "to cut into" > "plow")

Words derived from “миномёт”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mēy(H)- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis →Every word from Proto-Celtic *meinis →