Where does “öljyliitu” come from?

öljyliitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish öljy, from Finnish raakaöljy, from Swedish råolja, from Swedish rå, from Swedish råda, from Old Swedish rāþa, from Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną — to fit, to fix, to put together.

öljyliitu (Finnish): oil chalk

Definitions

  1. oil chalk

Ancestry of “öljyliitu”, step by step

öljyliitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish öljy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishöljyoil; crude oil; the letter "Ö" in the Finnish...
2Finnishraakaöljycrude oil
3Swedishråoljacrude oil
4Swedishraw; crude; rough
5Swedishrådato advise (give advice (to someone))
6Old Swedishrāþato ensure
7Old Norseráðato advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to...
8Proto-Germanicrēdanąto decide, advise
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Finnish liitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliituchalk
2Swedishklitachalk
3Middle Low Germankrite
4LatinCrētachalk
5Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-