Where does “kattomaalari” come from?
kattomaalari (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalari, from Swedish målare, from Swedish måla, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
kattomaalari (Finnish): roof painter
Definitions
- roof painter
Ancestry of “kattomaalari”, step by step
kattomaalari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalari | painter; artist |
| 2 | Swedish | målare | a painter |
| 3 | Swedish | måla | to paint; to score |
| 4 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 5 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 6 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 7 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Finnish katto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katto | ceiling; roof |
| 2 | Finnish | kattaa | to roof; to cover; to set, lay |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kattadak | to cover; to roof |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kanci | cover, lid |
| 5 | Czech | -í | Forming attributive adjectives from nouns,... |
| 6 | Old Czech | -í | forming attributive adjectives from nouns, especially animals |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |