Where does “kruununtavoittelija” come from?
kruununtavoittelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kruunu, from Swedish kröna, from Latin corōna, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
kruununtavoittelija (Finnish): pretender claimant to a throne
Definitions
- pretender claimant to a throne
Ancestry of “kruununtavoittelija”, step by step
kruununtavoittelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kruunu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kruunu | crown; koruna, krona, krone, kroon |
| 2 | Swedish | kröna | to crown; to place a crown on the head of; to... |
| 3 | Latin | corōna | chaplet, laurel, or wreath; presented to athletes, the gods, or the dead |
| 4 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Finnish tavoittelija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavoittelija | seeker; agent noun of tavoitella |
| 2 | Finnish | tavoitella | to go for, seek, strive after; to try to grab or... |
| 3 | Finnish | tavoittaa | to catch, catch up; to reach |
| 4 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 5 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 6 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 7 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 8 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 9 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |