Where does “alunaliuos” come from?
alunaliuos (Finnish) comes from Finnish aluna, from Swedish alun, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
alunaliuos (Finnish): alum solution
Definitions
- alum solution
Ancestry of “alunaliuos”, step by step
alunaliuos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish aluna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aluna | alum |
| 2 | Swedish | alun | alum |
| 3 | Latin | alūmen | alum |
| 4 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Finnish liuos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liuos | solution |
| 2 | Finnish | liueta | to dissolve; to leave, to scram |
| 3 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |