Where does “lajitelma” come from?
lajitelma (Finnish) comes from Finnish lajitella, from Finnish lajittaa, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
lajitelma (Finnish): assortment
Definitions
- assortment
Ancestry of “lajitelma”, step by step
lajitelma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lajitella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lajitella | to sort; to classify, categorize; to size |
| 2 | Finnish | lajittaa | Alternative form of lajitella |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |