Where does “hiilikuitumaila” come from?
hiilikuitumaila (Finnish) comes from Finnish Maila, from Swedish malj, from French mail, from English email, from Middle French email, from Old French esmal, from Latin smaltum, from Frankish smalt — to soften, to melt.
hiilikuitumaila (Finnish): A game implement (maila: racket, stick, bat, club, etc.) made of carbon fiber
Definitions
- A game implement (maila: racket, stick, bat, club, etc.) made of carbon fiber
Ancestry of “hiilikuitumaila”, step by step
hiilikuitumaila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Maila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Maila | An implement used to handle the object, such as a ball or a puck, that is played with translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport |
| 2 | Swedish | malj | — |
| 3 | French | maul; pall mall mallet; pall mall | |
| 4 | English | A system for transferring messages from one... | |
| 5 | Middle French | — | |
| 6 | Old French | esmal | enamel |
| 7 | Latin | smaltum | enamel |
| 8 | Frankish | smalt | melted fat; fat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | smeltaną | to melt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
via Finnish hiilikuitu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hiilikuitu | carbon fiber; short for hiilikuitukomposiitti |
| 2 | Finnish | kuitu | fiber, fibre; filament; Short for ravintokuitu |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuitu | (flax) fibre/fiber |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kujčɜ | — |