Where does “hiillytellä” come from?

hiillytellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiillyttää, from Finnish hiiltyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.

hiillytellä (Finnish): to char slowly

Definitions

  1. to char slowly

Ancestry of “hiillytellä”, step by step

hiillytellä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiillyttää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiillyttääto char to burn slightly or superficially so as to affect colour
2FinnishhiiltyäTo become charred
3Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
4Idotuyou singular, thou
5Spanishyou; thou
6Latintuusyour
7Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
8Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
9Polishtuhere
10Polishbyćto be
11Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
12Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
13Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via Finnish ellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelläif
2FinnishElinaHelen
3FinnishHelena
4SwedishHelenaHelen
5Ancient Greekἑλένηtorch, firebrand; corposant, St. Elmo's fire;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťь