Where does “askartelumaali” come from?

askartelumaali (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.

askartelumaali (Finnish): craft paint

Definitions

  1. craft paint

Ancestry of “askartelumaali”, step by step

askartelumaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaalipaint; target; goal
2Old Swedishmālmeasure, amount; sign
3Old Swedishmālato paint
4Old Norsemálato grind
5Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
6Old Saxon*mālōn
7Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
8Proto-Albanianmelanablack
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish askartelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaskarteluhandicraft
2Finnishaskarrellato do chores; to craft, to make handicrafts
3Finnishaskartaa
4Finnishaskarechore daily routine task
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-