Where does “housumuoti” come from?

housumuoti (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoti, from Swedish mod, from English mod, from English MAD, from Middle English mad, from Old English ġemǣd, from Proto-Germanic maidijaną, from Proto-Germanic maidaz — soft, tender, dear.

housumuoti (Finnish): trouser fashion

Definitions

  1. trouser fashion

Ancestry of “housumuoti”, step by step

housumuoti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muoti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotivogue, fashion; vogue, fad
2Swedishmodcourage; feeling
3EnglishmodAn unconventionally modern style of fashionable...
4EnglishMADInitialism of mutually assured destruction;...
5Middle EnglishmadMad, insane, deranged; not of sound mind;...
6Old Englishġemǣd
7Proto-Germanicmaidijanąto exchange, change
8Proto-Germanicmaidazhurt, wounded; mad, foolish; angry, enraged
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via Finnish housut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhousuttrousers, pants
2Old Swedishhosalegging, leg covering, hose
3Old Norsehosatrousers, stocking
4Proto-GermanichusǭAn outer covering; hull; shell; husk; case;...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy-