Where does “hengenpelastusmitali” come from?

hengenpelastusmitali (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitali, from Swedish medalj, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.

hengenpelastusmitali (Finnish): lifesaving medal

Definitions

  1. lifesaving medal

Ancestry of “hengenpelastusmitali”, step by step

hengenpelastusmitali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitalimedal
2Swedishmedalja medal
3Frenchmédaillemedal
4Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
5Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
6Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
7Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
8Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
9Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
10Old Latinstlocus
11Proto-Italicstlokos
12Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Finnish hengenpelastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhengenpelastuslifesaving
2Finnishpelastusrescue act of rescuing
3Finnishpelastaato save, rescue
4Finnish-taaForms causative verbs; Forms verbs from nouns and...
5Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
6Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus