Where does “bittimaski” come from?
bittimaski (Finnish) comes from Finnish bitti, from English bit, from Middle English bitte, from Old English byt, from Proto-Germanic *buttjā, from Latin buttia, from Ancient Greek βούττιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
bittimaski (Finnish): bitmask
Definitions
- bitmask
Ancestry of “bittimaski”, step by step
bittimaski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish bitti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bitti | bit |
| 2 | English | bit | A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and... |
| 3 | Middle English | bitte | A flexible container for water or wine; a waterskin or wineskin |
| 4 | Old English | byt | bottle, flagon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *buttjā | — |
| 6 | Latin | buttia | cask, barrel |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βούττιον | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐον | diminutive suffix; "suffix forming... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish mäski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mäski | mash; pomace; groundbait |
| 2 | Swedish | mäsk | mash, feed for animals |
| 3 | French | masqué | masked; past participle of masquer |
| 4 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 5 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |