Where does “Veli-Matti” come from?
Veli-Matti (Finnish) comes from Finnish matti, from Finnish Matias, from Latin Matthiās, from Ancient Greek Ματθίας, from Ancient Greek Ματταθίας, from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ, from Hebrew יהוה, from Proto-Semitic *haway- — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.
Ancestry of “Veli-Matti”, step by step
Veli-Matti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish matti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matti | checkmate; State of being absolutely sure; State... |
| 2 | Finnish | Matias | Matthias |
| 3 | Latin | Matthiās | Saint Matthias the |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ματθίας | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ματταθίας | Mattathias |
| 6 | Hebrew | מַתִּתְיָהוּ | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | to be, to become, to fall, to happen |