Where does “kaunomaalailu” come from?
kaunomaalailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalailu, from Finnish maalailla, from Finnish maalata, from Finnish maali, from Old Swedish māl, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
kaunomaalailu (Finnish): rhetoric, eloquence
Definitions
- rhetoric, eloquence
Ancestry of “kaunomaalailu”, step by step
kaunomaalailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalailu | painting |
| 2 | Finnish | maalailla | to paint; to gild the lily |
| 3 | Finnish | maalata | to paint; to select, highlight; to score |
| 4 | Finnish | maali | paint; target; goal |
| 5 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 6 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 7 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 8 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 9 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 11 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |