Where does “foliohattu” come from?
foliohattu (Finnish) comes from English tinfoil hat, from English tinfoil, from English FOIL, from Middle English foilen, from Old French fouler, from Latin fullo, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
foliohattu (Finnish): tinfoil hat piece of headgear made from one or more sheets of metal foil, especially when worn in the belief that it shields the brain
Definitions
- tinfoil hat piece of headgear made from one or more sheets of metal foil, especially when worn in the belief that it shields the brain
Ancestry of “foliohattu”, step by step
foliohattu traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English tinfoil hat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tinfoil hat | A piece of headgear made from one or more sheets... |
| 2 | English | tinfoil | A thin, pliable sheet of tin or an alloy of tin... |
| 3 | English | FOIL | To apply the FOIL algorithm to |
| 4 | Middle English | foilen | spoil a scent trail by crossing it |
| 5 | Old French | fouler | to tread, to stamp, to full; tread on, trample |
| 6 | Latin | fullo | fuller |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |