Where does “kapellimestari” come from?

kapellimestari (Finnish) comes from German Kapellmeister, from German Kapelle, from Middle High German kappelle, from Old High German kappella, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kapellimestari (Finnish): conductor

Definitions

  1. conductor

Ancestry of “kapellimestari”, step by step

kapellimestari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kapellmeister

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKapellmeisterkapellmeister
2GermanKapellechapel; band, ensemble
3Middle High Germankappelle
4Old High Germankappella
5Latincappellachapel; choir
6Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish mestari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmestarimaster; expert; champion
2Old Swedishmæstare
3Old Norsemeistari
4Middle Low Germanmeister
5Old Saxonmēstar
6Old Frenchmaistremaster; Master; magister
7Latinmagisterteacher; master; a title of the Middle Ages,...
8Proto-Italicmagisterosbigger, greater
9Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂isteros
10Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “kapellimestari

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin -ellus