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