Where does “kiiltosametti” come from?

kiiltosametti (Finnish) comes from Finnish sametti, from Swedish sammet, from Middle Low German sammet, from Old French samit, from Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτον, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks — six.

kiiltosametti (Finnish): crushed velvet lustrous velvet with a patterned appearance

Definitions

  1. crushed velvet lustrous velvet with a patterned appearance

Ancestry of “kiiltosametti”, step by step

kiiltosametti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sametti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsamettivelvet
2Swedishsammetvelvet
3Middle Low Germansammet
4Old Frenchsamitsamite
5Latinsamitum
6Ancient Greekἑξάμιτον
7Ancient Greekἕξsix
8Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Finnish kiilto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltoglint, gleam, shine; lustre
2FinnishFront vowel variant of -o
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs