Where does “maailmanparantaja” come from?
maailmanparantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish parantaja, from Finnish parantaa, from Finnish para, from Swedish bära, from Old Swedish bara, from Old Norse bára, from Proto-Germanic bazaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰosós — to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot.
maailmanparantaja (Finnish): do-gooder, improver
Definitions
- do-gooder, improver
Ancestry of “maailmanparantaja”, step by step
maailmanparantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish parantaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | parantaja | healer |
| 2 | Finnish | parantaa | to improve, better; to heal, cure |
| 3 | Finnish | para | A being created to bring milk or butter to its... |
| 4 | Swedish | bära | to carry; to lift and transport anywhere else; to... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | bara | to bare, make bare |
| 6 | Old Norse | bára | wave, billow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |
via Finnish maailma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maailma | the Earth; a world; a celestial body |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *maailma | — |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |