Where does “maalaamaton” come from?

maalaamaton (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalata, from Finnish maali, from Old Swedish māl, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

maalaamaton (Finnish): unpainted; Negative participle of maalata

Definitions

  1. unpainted; Negative participle of maalata

Ancestry of “maalaamaton”, step by step

maalaamaton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maalata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaalatato paint; to select, highlight; to score
2Finnishmaalipaint; target; goal
3Old Swedishmālmeasure, amount; sign
4Old Swedishmālato paint
5Old Norsemálato grind
6Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
7Old Saxon*mālōn—
8Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
9Proto-Albanianmelanablack
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish maton

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmatonGenitive singular form of matto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →
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