Where does “baritoniukulele” come from?
baritoniukulele (Finnish) comes from Finnish ukulele, from English ukelele, from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from Hawaiian ʻuku, from Proto-Polynesian kutu, from Proto-Oceanic kutu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian kutu, from Austronesian *kutu — louse insect.
baritoniukulele (Finnish): baritone ukulele
Definitions
- baritone ukulele
Ancestry of “baritoniukulele”, step by step
baritoniukulele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ukulele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ukulele | ukulele |
| 2 | English | ukelele | Alternative form of ukulele |
| 3 | Hawaiian | ʻukulele | A small four-stringed guitar, an ukulele |
| 4 | Hawaiian | ʻuku | louse, flea |
| 5 | Proto-Polynesian | kutu | louse |
| 6 | Proto-Oceanic | kutu | louse generic |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | kutu | — |
| 8 | Austronesian | *kutu | — |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | *kuCux | louse insect |
via Finnish baritoni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | baritoni | baritone |
| 2 | Italian | baritono | baritone; barytone |
| 3 | Late Latin | barytonus | barytone |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βαρύτονος | deep-sounding; barytone; having its acute accent... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |