Where does “deittailu” come from?
deittailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish deittailla, from Finnish deitti, from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus — to give.
deittailu (Finnish): dating
Definitions
- dating
Ancestry of “deittailu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | deittailla | to date |
| 2 | Finnish | deitti | date |
| 3 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 4 | Middle English | date | — |
| 5 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 6 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 8 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 9 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |