Where does “alttariliina” come from?
alttariliina (Finnish) comes from Finnish alttari, from Old Swedish altari, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
alttariliina (Finnish): altar cloth
Definitions
- altar cloth
Ancestry of “alttariliina”, step by step
alttariliina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alttari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alttari | altar |
| 2 | Old Swedish | altari | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | altari | altar |
| 4 | Old Saxon | altari | — |
| 5 | Latin | altāre | altar, fitting for burnt offerings |
| 6 | Latin | adoleō | to emit an odor, smell |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish Liina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Liina | cloth piece of garment used on furniture, for cleaning, etc |
| 2 | Finnish | Karoliina | — |
| 3 | Latin | Carolīna | — |
| 4 | Latin | Carolus | Charles |
| 5 | Middle High German | Karl | — |
| 6 | Old High German | karl | man |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | karilaz | free man, franklin; little man, young man |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | karaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |