Where does “lätkämatsi” come from?
lätkämatsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish matsi, from English match, from Middle English macche, from Old English ġemæċċa, from Old English ġemaca, from Old English ġe-, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
lätkämatsi (Finnish): ice hockey game, ice hockey match
Definitions
- ice hockey game, ice hockey match
Ancestry of “lätkämatsi”, step by step
lätkämatsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish matsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matsi | match |
| 2 | English | match | A competitive sporting event such as a boxing... |
| 3 | Middle English | macche | A bride or mate; a romantic or sexual partner |
| 4 | Old English | ġemæċċa | — |
| 5 | Old English | ġemaca | a mate, an equal, companion, peer; companion,... |
| 6 | Old English | ġe- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating completeness or perfection |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ga- | used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
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 |