Where does “emalimuki” come from?
emalimuki (Finnish) comes from Finnish muki, from Swedish mugg, from English mug, from English motherfucker, from English fucker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
emalimuki (Finnish): enamel mug
Definitions
- enamel mug
Ancestry of “emalimuki”, step by step
emalimuki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muki | mug |
| 2 | Swedish | mugg | mug; a large cup; mug or cup; travel mug,... |
| 3 | English | mug | Easily fooled, gullible; A large cup for hot... |
| 4 | English | motherfucker | An extremely contemptible or mean person; Any... |
| 5 | English | fucker | An undesirable person; The object of some effort;... |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |