Where does “hirvipeili” come from?
hirvipeili (Finnish) comes from Finnish peili, from Swedish spegel, from Old Swedish speghil, from Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Old Saxon spēgal, from Proto-Germanic *spēgl, from Medieval Latin speglum — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
hirvipeili (Finnish): a roadside mirror designed to reflect car lights to elks or moose in a forest, etc. to discourage them from running across the road
Definitions
- a roadside mirror designed to reflect car lights to elks or moose in a forest, etc. to discourage them from running across the road
Ancestry of “hirvipeili”, step by step
hirvipeili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish peili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peili | mirror |
| 2 | Swedish | spegel | a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface; something... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | speghil | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | spegill | mirror, looking glass Synonym: skuggsjá |
| 5 | Middle Low German | spēgel | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | spēgal | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *spēgl | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 9 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |