Where does “alivoimamaali” come from?
alivoimamaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish maali, from Old Swedish māl, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn, from Proto-Albanian melana — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
alivoimamaali (Finnish): short-handed goal, shortie
Definitions
- short-handed goal, shortie
Ancestry of “alivoimamaali”, step by step
alivoimamaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maali | paint; target; goal |
| 2 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 3 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 4 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 5 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 6 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Finnish alivoima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alivoima | being shorthanded |
| 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 |