Where does “миномётчик” come from?
миномётчик (Russian) comes from Russian миномёт, from Russian ми́на, from German Mine, from French mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā — to cut, hew.
миномётчик (Russian): mortarman
Definitions
- mortarman
Ancestry of “миномётчик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | миномёт | rocket launcher; mortar, trench mortar; torpedo... |
| 2 | Russian | ми́на | torpedo |
| 3 | German | Mine | a mine; pencil lead, ballpoint pen reservoir |
| 4 | French | mine | mine; pencil lead; piledriver, scorcher |
| 5 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 6 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 7 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 8 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |