Where does “kultamitalisti” come from?

kultamitalisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitalisti, from Finnish mitali, from Swedish medalj, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis — to put, to place; to locate.

kultamitalisti (Finnish): gold medalist

Definitions

  1. gold medalist

Ancestry of “kultamitalisti”, step by step

kultamitalisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitalisti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitalistimedalist
2Finnishmitalimedal
3Swedishmedalja medal
4Frenchmédaillemedal
5Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
6Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
7Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
8Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
9Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
10Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
11Old Latinstlocus
12Proto-Italicstlokos
13Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Finnish kulta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkultagold; gold medal; darling, dear, baby
2Proto-Finnickultagold
3Proto-Germanicgulþągold
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus