Where does “emalikattila” come from?
emalikattila (Finnish) comes from Finnish emali, from Swedish emalj, from French émail, from English email, from Middle French email, from Old French esmal, from Latin smaltum, from Frankish smalt — to soften, to melt.
emalikattila (Finnish): enamel pot, enamel cooking pot
Definitions
- enamel pot, enamel cooking pot
Ancestry of “emalikattila”, step by step
emalikattila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish emali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | emali | enamel |
| 2 | Swedish | emalj | enamel (coating) |
| 3 | French | émail | enamel; vitreous enamel; glaze |
| 4 | English | A system for transferring messages from one... | |
| 5 | Middle French | — | |
| 6 | Old French | esmal | enamel |
| 7 | Latin | smaltum | enamel |
| 8 | Frankish | smalt | melted fat; fat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | smeltaną | to melt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
via Finnish kattila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kattila | pot, cooking pot, stockpot, saucepot, kettle often cylindrical or nearly cylindrical cooking vessel for fast cooking on a stove, usually made of sheet metal and equipped with a lid |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kattila | kettle, pot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | katilaz | kettle, bucket, vessel |
| 4 | Latin | catīllus | small bowl, dish, or plate |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |