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Where does “миноноска” come from?

миноноска (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.

миноноска (Russian): small, high-speed steam-powered torpedo boat

Definitions

  1. small, high-speed steam-powered torpedo boat

Ancestry of “миноноска”, step by step

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*meinis—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy(H)nis—
10Proto-Indo-European(s)mēy(H)-to cut, hew
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