Where does “kulmatontti” come from?
kulmatontti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tontti, from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.
kulmatontti (Finnish): corner lot, corner plot
Definitions
- corner lot, corner plot
Ancestry of “kulmatontti”, step by step
kulmatontti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tontti | parcel, plot, property |
| 2 | Finnish | tonttu | A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed... |
| 3 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 4 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 7 | Old French | ton | your |
| 8 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 9 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 10 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 11 | Polish | tu | here |
| 12 | Polish | być | to be |
| 13 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 14 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 15 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
via Finnish kuľma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuľma | corner external point where two converging lines meet |