Where does “hyönteishotelli” come from?
hyönteishotelli (Finnish) comes from Finnish hotelli, from Swedish hotell, from French hôtel, from Middle French hostel, from Old French ostel, from Latin hospitālis, from Latin hospes, from Proto-Italic hostipotis — to drink.
hyönteishotelli (Finnish): insect hotel, bug hotel, insect house manmade structure created to provide shelter for insects
Definitions
- insect hotel, bug hotel, insect house manmade structure created to provide shelter for insects
Ancestry of “hyönteishotelli”, step by step
hyönteishotelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hotelli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hotelli | hotel |
| 2 | Swedish | hotell | hotel |
| 3 | French | hôtel | mansion, town house, hotel; hotel |
| 4 | Middle French | hostel | shelter; living quarters; place to stay; hotel;... |
| 5 | Old French | ostel | shelter; place to stay |
| 6 | Latin | hospitālis | Of or pertaining to a host or guest |
| 7 | Latin | hospes | host; guest, visitor; stranger; foreigner |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hostipotis | host |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | χostipotis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰostipotis | master of guests |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via Finnish hyönteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hyönteinen | insect |
| 2 | Finnish | tieteellinen | scientific |
| 3 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 4 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 5 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |