Where does “מיאַטע” come from?
מיאַטע (Yiddish) comes from Russian мя́та, from Proto-Slavic męta, from Latin menta, from Ancient Greek Μίνθη.
מיאַטע (Yiddish): mint
Ancestry of “מיאַטע”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | мя́та | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | męta | mint |
| 3 | Latin | menta | mint; nominative/accusative/vocative plural of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Μίνθη | — |