Where does “lantamulta” come from?
lantamulta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanta, from Esperanto lante, from Esperanto lanta, from Ido lenta, from French lent, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura — ing, -ure, -work.
lantamulta (Finnish): manure compost
Definitions
- manure compost
Ancestry of “lantamulta”, step by step
lantamulta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lanta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lanta | Animal feces used as fertilizer; manure, dung;... |
| 2 | Esperanto | lante | slowly |
| 3 | Esperanto | lanta | slow |
| 4 | Ido | lenta | slow |
| 5 | French | lent | slow |
| 6 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 7 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 8 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 9 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 10 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |
via Finnish multa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | multa | mould; Ablative form of mä |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | multa | soil, dirt, mould |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | muldō | mould; soil, dirt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |