Where does “kiinailla” come from?
kiinailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiinata, from Swedish kinesa, from Swedish kines, from Swedish -es, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.
kiinailla (Finnish): Alternative form of kiinata
Definitions
- Alternative form of kiinata
Ancestry of “kiinailla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiinata | To live at somebody's home for a while |
| 2 | Swedish | kinesa | to stay the night |
| 3 | Swedish | kines | a Chinese person |
| 4 | Swedish | -es | Suffix used for marking the passive voice of... |
| 5 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 6 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 7 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 8 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |