Where does “leikittely” come from?
leikittely (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikitellä, from Finnish leikitä, from Finnish leikkiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
leikittely (Finnish): toying, playing (with)
Definitions
- toying, playing (with)
Ancestry of “leikittely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leikitellä | to toy with, to play with |
| 2 | Finnish | leikitä | to play |
| 3 | Finnish | leikkiä | to play; to pretend; Partitive singular form of... |
| 4 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 5 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |