Where does “fondyypata” come from?
fondyypata (Finnish) comes from Finnish pata, from Swedish spader, from German Spaten, from Dutch spatten, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
fondyypata (Finnish): fondue pot
Definitions
- fondue pot
Ancestry of “fondyypata”, step by step
fondyypata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pata | cauldron; pot; typically one made of thick... |
| 2 | Swedish | spader | spade, spades |
| 3 | German | Spaten | spade |
| 4 | Dutch | spatten | to splatter, splash |
| 5 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 7 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish fondyy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fondyy | fondue |
| 2 | French | fondue | feminine singular of fondu; fondue |
| 3 | French | fondre | to melt, melt down, smelt; to melt; to melt away,... |
| 4 | Old French | fondre | to melt |
| 5 | Latin | fundere | second-person singular present passive... |
| 6 | Latin | fundo | I pour out, shed; I rout, scatter; I found, make... |
| 7 | Latin | fundus | bottom; farm; piece of land; estate; ground |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |