Where does “jeniseiläiskieli” come from?
jeniseiläiskieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish jeniseiläinen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
jeniseiläiskieli (Finnish): Yeniseian language; Yeniseian family of languages spoken in central Siberia
Definitions
- Yeniseian language; Yeniseian family of languages spoken in central Siberia
Ancestry of “jeniseiläiskieli”, step by step
jeniseiläiskieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jeniseiläinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jeniseiläinen | Yeniseian of, part of or pertaining to the Yeniseian language family |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |