Where does “kulissiavioliitto” come from?
kulissiavioliitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulissi, from French coulisse, from French coulis, from Old French colëiz, from Vulgar Latin *colātīcius, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.
kulissiavioliitto (Finnish): sham marriage
Definitions
- sham marriage
Ancestry of “kulissiavioliitto”, step by step
kulissiavioliitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kulissi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kulissi | scene, stage, act |
| 2 | French | coulisse | coulisse; side of a stage, dressing room;... |
| 3 | French | coulis | flowing; running; coulis; melted metal used to... |
| 4 | Old French | colëiz | sliding, fluid |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *colātīcius | — |
| 6 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 7 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Finnish avioliitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avioliitto | marriage |
| 2 | Finnish | liitto | cooperation based on common agreement, union;... |
| 3 | Finnish | liittää | to join, connect, attach, fasten; to attach,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |