Where does “luutunsoittaja” come from?
luutunsoittaja (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}}.
luutunsoittaja (Finnish): lutist
Definitions
- lutist
Ancestry of “luutunsoittaja”, step by step
luutunsoittaja 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 soittaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soittaja | player; caller; agent noun of soittaa |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |