Where does “huolimaton” come from?
huolimaton (Finnish) comes from Finnish huolia, from Finnish huoli, from Proto-Finnic hooli, from Swedish hål, from Old Swedish hul, from Old Norse hól, from Proto-Germanic hulą, from Proto-Germanic hulaz — to cover; to incline.
huolimaton (Finnish): sloppy, careless, negligent; Negative participle...
Definitions
- sloppy, careless, negligent; Negative participle...
Ancestry of “huolimaton”, step by step
huolimaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish huolia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huolia | Partitive plural form of huoli; To accept; To... |
| 2 | Finnish | huoli | worry, concern; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | hooli | worry, concern |
| 4 | Swedish | hål | a hole; a hole, an opening in something solid; a... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | hul | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | hól | a hole |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Finnish maton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maton | Genitive singular form of matto |