Where does “balettitulkinta” come from?

balettitulkinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish baletti, from French ballet, from Middle French ballet, from Italian balletto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

balettitulkinta (Finnish): ballet interpretation

Definitions

  1. ballet interpretation

Ancestry of “balettitulkinta”, step by step

balettitulkinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish baletti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbalettiballet
2Frenchballetballet
3Middle Frenchballet
4ItalianballettoDiminutive of ballo; short dance; ballet; ballet...
5Italian-ettoAlterative suffix used to form melioratives,...
6English-etUsed to form diminutives, loosely construed
7Middle English-etForms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,...
8Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
9Latin-ātused
10Proto-Italic-ātos
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

via Finnish tulkinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulkintainterpretation
2Finnishtulkitato interpret; to decode
3Finnishtulkkiinterpreter
4Old Swedishtolker
5Proto-Slavictъlkъinterpretation; interpreter
6Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tosEvery word from Latin -ātusEvery word from Italian -etto