Where does “länsiviitta” come from?
länsiviitta (Finnish) comes from Finnish viitta, from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
länsiviitta (Finnish): west cardinal cardinal mark indicating navigable water to the west of the mark
Definitions
- west cardinal cardinal mark indicating navigable water to the west of the mark
Ancestry of “länsiviitta”, step by step
länsiviitta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viitta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viitta | sign; cape, cloak |
| 2 | Russian | свита | suite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite |
| 3 | German | Suite | suite hotel apartment consisting of several rooms |
| 4 | German | -ier | A noun-forming suffix, used especially to render... |
| 5 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 6 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |