Where does “hinausvaijeri” come from?

hinausvaijeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaijeri, from Swedish vajer, from English wire, from Middle English wir, from Old English wīr, from English myrtle, from Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus.

hinausvaijeri (Finnish): towing wire

Definitions

  1. towing wire

Ancestry of “hinausvaijeri”, step by step

hinausvaijeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaijeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaijeriwire rope; cable
2SwedishvajerA wire rope or steel cable
3EnglishwireMetal formed into a thin, even thread, now...
4Middle Englishwir
5Old Englishwīrwire, metal thread, wire-ornament
6EnglishmyrtleAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus...
7Old Frenchmyrte
8Latinmyrtusmyrtle
9Ancient Greekμύρτοςmyrtle; twig or spray of myrtle
10Ancient Greekμυρίκηtamarisk
11Ancient Greek-ίκη

via Finnish hinaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhinaustowing
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems
Every word from Ancient Greek -ίκηEvery word from Ancient Greek μυρίκηEvery word from Ancient Greek μύρτος