Where does “hellittely” come from?
hellittely (Finnish) comes from Finnish hellitellä, from Finnish hellittää, from Finnish hellitä, from Finnish Hellä, from Swedish håll, from Swedish plats, from Old Swedish platz, from Old Norse plaz — flat.
hellittely (Finnish): pampering, cherishing
Definitions
- pampering, cherishing
Ancestry of “hellittely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hellitellä | to pamper, to cherish |
| 2 | Finnish | hellittää | to loosen; to release; to ease up |
| 3 | Finnish | hellitä | to make it (in time), arrive (in time), reach (in time) |
| 4 | Finnish | Hellä | — |
| 5 | Swedish | håll | a stop, a station; a direction; a range, a... |
| 6 | Swedish | plats | place; any geographical position a little larger... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | platz | — |
| 8 | Old Norse | plaz | — |
| 9 | Middle Low German | platse | — |
| 10 | Latin | platēa | broad way, street |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | πλατεῖα | feminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | πλατύς | wide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pléth₂us | flat, broad |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pleth₂- | flat |