Where does “älläkkä” come from?
älläkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish almanakka, from Old Swedish almanacha, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ, from Arabic مناخ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
älläkkä (Finnish): almanac
Definitions
- almanac
Ancestry of “älläkkä”, step by step
älläkkä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish almanakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | almanakka | calendar; almanac |
| 2 | Old Swedish | almanacha | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | almanachus | calendar |
| 4 | Andalusian Arabic | الْمَنَاخ | calendar; almanac, calendar |
| 5 | Arabic | مناخ | climate |
| 6 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 7 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 8 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |
via Finnish mellakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mellakka | riot, tumult |
| 2 | Finnish | -kkä | Front vowel variant of -kka |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish älämölö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | älämölö | uproar, vociferous protest, ado, fuss |