Where does “adventtikynttilä” come from?
adventtikynttilä (Finnish) comes from Finnish adventti, from Swedish advent, from Old Swedish advent, from Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
adventtikynttilä (Finnish): Advent candle
Definitions
- Advent candle
Ancestry of “adventtikynttilä”, step by step
adventtikynttilä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish adventti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | adventti | Advent |
| 2 | Swedish | advent | Advent |
| 3 | Old Swedish | advent | — |
| 4 | Latin | adventus | arrival, approach, advent; Advent |
| 5 | Latin | adveniō | to come to, to arrive |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish kynttilä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kynttilä | candle; candlepower |
| 2 | Faroese | kyndil | lantern |
| 3 | Old Norse | kyndill | torch |
| 4 | Latin | candēla | A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper |
| 5 | Latin | candeō | to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kandēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kand- | to shine, glow |