Where does “astelyer” come from?
astelyer (Cornish) comes from Cornish astel, from Latin astella, from Latin astla, from Latin assula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
astelyer (Cornish): striker (someone on strike)
Definitions
- striker (someone on strike)
Ancestry of “astelyer”, step by step
astelyer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish astel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | astel | suspension, stoppage |
| 2 | Latin | astella | little splinter |
| 3 | Latin | astla | — |
| 4 | Latin | assula | splinter, shaving, chip, shiver; shingle |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |