Where does “lätkämaila” come from?
lätkämaila (Finnish) comes from Finnish Maila, from Swedish malj, from French mail, from English email, from Middle French email, from Old French esmal, from Latin smaltum, from Frankish smalt — to soften, to melt.
lätkämaila (Finnish): hockey stick, ice hockey stick
Definitions
- hockey stick, ice hockey stick
Ancestry of “lätkämaila”, step by step
lätkämaila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Maila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Maila | An implement used to handle the object, such as a ball or a puck, that is played with translation into English depends on the kind of implement and the particular sport |
| 2 | Swedish | malj | — |
| 3 | French | maul; pall mall mallet; pall mall | |
| 4 | English | A system for transferring messages from one... | |
| 5 | Middle French | — | |
| 6 | Old French | esmal | enamel |
| 7 | Latin | smaltum | enamel |
| 8 | Frankish | smalt | melted fat; fat, lard; oil, semi-liquid fat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | smeltaną | to melt |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meld- | to soften, to melt |
via Finnish lätkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lätkä | any relatively flat and small object |
| 2 | Finnish | lätkiä | Partitive plural form of lätkä; To slap |
| 3 | Finnish | -iä | y forms abstract nouns from Latin or Greek roots |
| 4 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |