Where does “alisovittaminen” come from?
alisovittaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish alisovittaa, from Finnish äli-, from Finnish Ali, from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός — man.
Ancestry of “alisovittaminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alisovittaa | to underfit |
| 2 | Finnish | äli- | under-, sub |
| 3 | Finnish | Ali | practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants |
| 4 | Finnish | Aleksanteri | Alexander |
| 5 | Latin | Alexander | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀλέξανδρος | Alexander |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέξω | to keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνδρός | genitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀνήρ | man; husband; human being, as opposed to a god |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *anḗr | man |