Where does “eteisflimmeri” come from?
eteisflimmeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish flimmeri, from Danish flimmer, from English Flicker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
Ancestry of “eteisflimmeri”, step by step
eteisflimmeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish flimmeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | flimmeri | — |
| 2 | Danish | flimmer | flicker |
| 3 | English | Flicker | An unsteady flash of light |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish eteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eteinen | outer hall, entry, vestibule; hall, corridor,... |
| 2 | Finnish | etehinen | Alternative form of eteinen |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |