Where does “hellätunteinen” come from?

hellätunteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Hellä, from Swedish håll, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz, from Middle Low German platse, from Latin platēa, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα — flat.

hellätunteinen (Finnish): sensitive, tender emotionally

Definitions

  1. sensitive, tender emotionally

Ancestry of “hellätunteinen”, step by step

hellätunteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Hellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHellä
2Swedishhålla stop, a station; a direction; a range, a...
3Swedishplatsplace; any geographical position a little larger...
4Old Swedishplatz
5Old Norseplaz
6Middle Low Germanplatse
7Latinplatēabroad way, street
8Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
9Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Finnish tunne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnefeeling; emotion; sensation
2Finnishtunteato feel, sense; to know, be familiar with
3Proto-Finnictuntedakto know; to feel
4Proto-Uralictumte-to know

Words derived from “hellätunteinen

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléth₂usEvery word from Ancient Greek πλατύς
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