Where does “luuttusoitin” come from?
luuttusoitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish luuttu, from Swedish luta, from Middle Low German lute, from Italian liuto, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
luuttusoitin (Finnish): lute-like instrument
Definitions
- lute-like instrument
Ancestry of “luuttusoitin”, step by step
luuttusoitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luuttu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luuttu | lute; A piece of cloth used in washing floors |
| 2 | Swedish | luta | lute; to slope; to tend steadily upwards or... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | lute | A lute |
| 4 | Italian | liuto | lute |
| 5 | Middle French | lut | — |
| 6 | Old French | leüt | — |
| 7 | Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 8 | Old Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 9 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 10 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 11 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 12 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 13 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |
via Finnish soitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitin | musical instrument; player; First-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |