Where does “hinttailu” come from?
hinttailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish hinttailla, from Finnish hintti, from English hint, from Middle English hinten, from Middle English henten, from Old English hentan, from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic hantijaną — he, she.
hinttailu (Finnish): being/behaving gay
Definitions
- being/behaving gay
Ancestry of “hinttailu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hinttailla | to be or behave gay |
| 2 | Finnish | hintti | homosexual man; faggot, poof, poofter, twink |
| 3 | English | hint | A clue; A tacit suggestion that avoids a direct... |
| 4 | Middle English | hinten | — |
| 5 | Middle English | henten | to lay hold of, catch |
| 6 | Old English | hentan | to pursue; follow after; to seize; take; carry... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *hantijan | to pursue, follow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hantijaną | to fit; to pursue, follow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |