Where does “rongipilet” come from?
rongipilet (Estonian) comes from Estonian pilet, from German Billett, from French billet, from Old French billette, from Old French bille, from Vulgar Latin billia, from Gaulish bilia, from Proto-Celtic belyom.
rongipilet (Estonian): train ticket, railway ticket
Definitions
- train ticket, railway ticket
Ancestry of “rongipilet”, step by step
rongipilet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian pilet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | pilet | ticket |
| 2 | German | Billett | ticket; driving licence; a brief piece of... |
| 3 | French | billet | ticket; note, a brief message; banknote |
| 4 | Old French | billette | billet |
| 5 | Old French | bille | stick; baton; written decree, announcement |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | billia | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | bilia | tall tree |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | belyom | tree |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Estonian rong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | rong | train |