Where does “hattuteline” come from?
hattuteline (Finnish) comes from Finnish teline, from Finnish tela, from Proto-Germanic þelą, from Proto-Indo-European tel- — flat; board, plank; to be still; to build.
hattuteline (Finnish): hat rack
Ancestry of “hattuteline”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | teline | rack, stand; scaffold, staging; apparatus |
| 2 | Finnish | tela | a log or other piece of wood used as support to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þelą | floor; deal |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tel- | flat; board, plank; to be still; to build |