Where does “henkilömitali” come from?
henkilömitali (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.
henkilömitali (Finnish): a medal commemorating a person
Definitions
- a medal commemorating a person
Ancestry of “henkilömitali”, step by step
henkilömitali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mitali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mitali | medal |
| 2 | Swedish | medalj | a medal |
| 3 | French | médaille | medal |
| 4 | Italian | medaglia | medal; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | medalia | half a denarius |
| 6 | Latin | medialia | nominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | medialis | medial; of or belonging to the middle |
| 8 | Latin | medius | middle; half; moderate |
| 9 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 10 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |